St Asaph, The River c.1950

Photo ref: S4038

Does anyone remember miss Nelsons sweet shop ,later to be owned by Does anyone the small sweet shop bnear the Police Station .Shop later changed hands and oooh! THOSE WONDERFUL VIMPTO ice lollies used to call in on way too school Cecil was Headmaster mr.Tyler

My name is Dennis Shatford, once known as Dennis Roberts, as lads we used to sit on the Elwy bridge so we could watch the minor accidents that would happen because the drivers couldn't see the Halt sign by the old deanery. I remember PC Morris chasing me for scrumping apples from the deanery gardens. I was brought up in Llwyn Elwy. There were such a lot of characters around then. I should add I was born in 1944 and left Llan 1962/3.

My name is Margaret Wynne.  I am writing this on behalf of my sister Christine Jones (nee Parrington) who was a nurse at St Asaph Hospital in the 70's and there was a fellow in St Asaph named Robert (Rob) who was interested in my sister and she would like to contact him again.  They used to see each other in pubs.  All she can remember is that he was a council worker (refuse collector).   Christine married Peter ...see more

Elias and Polly Owen came home from Shanghaiand lived at No 3 Elwy Viewand Iwas able to aquaint myself with all my St. Asaph family and see them for the first time, she only lived a few months and then Elias packed up and went off to Australia, but I remember it well, I had three families there, my mother was from the Palace Lodge, the Halleys in Central Buildings and the Owens from the Red Lion,so between them all family history became alive to a child from Brynymaen.