The Old Arch

A Memory of Ebbw Vale.

I was brought up the other side of the arch from this picture in Wesleyan Row. (No8)

My mother still lives there today. I remember when this was the main road from the Steelworks and all the heavy lorries used to struggle up the hill. It was a bit of a risky business cutting through the arch on foot, as you had to look for a gap in the traffic and dash through, hoping you didnt get hit! In the 1970s they built the foot tunnel which made things safer. Eventually the rail line was closed and turned into the road. Wesleyan Row then became quiet and a lot cleaner and safer as the traffic was not going past the house any more.

I joined the RAF and moved away in 1980, living all over the place, eventually leaving the RAF in 2002. But I didn't move back to Ebbw, oh no - thats too easy ! I moved to California instead! I am still in the desert here, but come back to Ebbw to visit my mother and family as often as I am able.

I'll add more memmories soon.

Hello to anyone that remembers me!

Hugh Jones