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Awww lovely memories of our lovely Daff. Miss her so much <3

yes but our Daffy always ended up wetting her self bless her........unless she had her stern head on.........then you ducked . :-D :-D :-D

Aaaah how threads used to be :-D

Sue x

OOh, Daff, my Mum was born in Ebbw, before they moved to Barry, and I used to visit my gt aunts and uncles there when I was little.

Some live in Mount Pleasant Square and others in Hall St, Victoria. Many of them went there from Llanelly, Brec.

Very small world indeed.

Gwynne

Pm me your address again I will put that book The Blackest Streets ( Sarah Wise) in the post tomorrow......I do believe the Author mentions the names of places that used to be in your area of interest.

As has already been suggested though.....There are some great photographic books of the whole of London, as well as other parts of the country.

Try London+Photo in the Amazon search box ( or the area you want to find photos of.

Edit: Whoops...I meant 'The Worst Street in London by Fiona Rule...am still reading the former.

*ignores SueM*

Gwynne, my husband was born in Ebbw Vale, as was his dad and grandparents..... small world!

Love

Daff xxx

Hi Gwynne,

Thanks for that, I am at a loss at the moment where to start...lol I might just go back to adding photos of the churches for christenings,marriages and burials for a while.
Doesn't give you an insight into their lives though :-((

Sue x

Edit: How lovely Liz, I wish I wasn't so far away from where the main branches of the family ended up!

I had to go to Lichfield one day so decided to look to see if my great grandparents house was still there. It is - now a dentists surgery which was closed that day but a lady was in doing paperwork, and she let me in and showed me around the whole house!

A few publishers do " (name of town) in old photographs" books, and sometimes you can find the right places in there.

I found a photograph of the long-demolished row of houses in Ebbw Vale where my gt grandparents lived.

Gwynne

Daff, did you have three shredded wheat this morning? you feisty girl...lmao

xx

oooooooooo, ark at Supercrutch, lololol

Wmsl

Love

Daff xxx

Erm... you're not what????? ;¬)))

Love

Daff xxxx

Shurrup Daff,

Yes TW, had considered that but I know from researching planning applications that streets were redeveloped in whole or part, you would have thought I'd find a couple of houses. My grandma's house has gone but fortunately there is a row of 8 houses left in the street adjacent to her house so I can get an idea of where she lived and what the conditions were like. They were quite 'posh' 3 floor jobbies plus basements and her family lived on the first floor.

Sue xx

I 'm not ;))))

*eyes up Supercrutch's mucky wooden spoon*

Yeh...... and you don't like to stir up the muck, either, oh no no no!!

Love

Daff xxx

Sue, if you're talking about old rellies, like from the turn of the century, it's more likely those homes were destroyed in the Blitz.

Same with Coventry, or Portsmouth, and many other places.

*returns eyebrows to former position*

*grabs TW's batteries for later*

You all have very disturbed minds!

Sue xx

There are words to describe folk like you, Mrs....... people who raise anticipation and then snatch it away....

*walks off head bowed and all deflated cos I thought there was a real juicy story about to unfold*

*kicks stones*

Love

Daff xxx

Aha! Google Earth eh? *winks.....