Nostalgic memories of Maesgeirchen's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I was working at Bangor Docks as a painter of a Trawler called the Brizley; it was a wooden boat of about forty feet long. I had to sleep on the boat within the crews cabin of which was below deck. Now the thing about Bangor docks was that when the tide went out the habour became a dry dock where one could walk on the sea bed? It was there that I could clean and scrape away the Barnacles, for me then to paint ...see more
I was born in the prefabs in Maesgierchen. I was Brenda Freeman, my father was Charles Freeman, he was born in Bethlan Bach in Bangor - his father, also Charles Freeman, was born in Bangor. My grandmother, Elizabeth Freeman had a market stall in the old Bangor market. Would be most interested if anyone remembered any of my family.
I was a child in the pre-fabs at the top end of Maesg and wonder if anybody else remembers them?