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Post by jeffwilliams1 on Nov 24, 2007 22:49:09 GMT 1
What about queens road school, i attended there in 1966 and left in 1970 I can remember playing Football on the legion brrrr
covered in winter green. and if you didn't play bill Evans would send you too a sewing class, Good old days thou
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Post by davidj on Nov 24, 2007 22:55:14 GMT 1
My two brothers went to Queens Road, Allen and Brian James. I was "brainy" I went to Cyfarthfa!
Used to play on the Legion quite often both against Queens Road when in school and then when in the Saturday League playing against the likes of Miners Hall and OPs, playing for the Mount and the Morlais Cafe. If I remember right the Legion wasn't a bad pitch compared to somewhere like the Bont!!
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Post by jeffwilliams1 on Nov 25, 2007 18:45:20 GMT 1
Compared to the Bont the legion was like Wembley, after 90 minutes running around the Bont you felt seasick for the rest of the Day and the cuts and grazes took over a fortnight to heal ;D
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Post by davidj on Nov 25, 2007 21:27:03 GMT 1
You right there Jeff!
I used to play in the Saturday league and loved playing on the Mountain Hare bottom pitch, but the top pitch was the better surface. Hoovers was another good pitch to play on. I used to play for my school Cyfarthfa against Queens Road and living in Twyn a lot of my friends used to play against me for Queens Road, well they were my friends until we played! We usually lost about 3-0 and above. Had players like Alan Fear and Howard Davies who usually took us all on by themselves and scored at will!
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Post by caemaridwnkid on Jun 26, 2008 5:07:40 GMT 1
Why was the Legion field thus called? I never knew, even though it was down the road from me in Cae Mari Dwn.
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Post by taff on Jul 7, 2008 13:27:05 GMT 1
By Queens road school do you mean the currnt welsh school which is ysgol santes tydfil?Its going to be pulled down soon as they have built a new modern school behind the current one.
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Post by ruthiec on May 24, 2009 10:06:06 GMT 1
most of my dad's family went to Queens Road ......... The Jones's from Gilfach Cynon
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Post by David Boucher on Mar 1, 2010 2:12:25 GMT 1
I left for Australia in 1968 but have many memories of playing Football on the Legion, Bill Evans you speak of is I think the same MR Evans who lost his family in the ABerfan Disaster.
I have been back to Wales several times and still keep good mates with Geoff Snow but I often wonder what happened to some of my class..... David Farr.... Richard Hocking.... Gaynor Morgan and many more
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Post by David Boucher on Mar 1, 2010 2:14:43 GMT 1
Yes Taff thats correct the Welsh School was formerly Queens Road.... Surely if the demolish it the druid stones will be kept...
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