Growin Up In Trevethin

A Memory of Trevethin.

The family moved to Trevethin to escape the rat infested old coal houses at the top of the varteg. I was just 5 years old. My first memory was the unbuilt site of Trevethin. It was like one big playing yard; there was a pond there and the frogs had a run that went past our house, we often had jam jars full of frogspawn and watched them hatch later to be set free. I went to Snatchwood Junior School, then on to Trevethin Comp. Left school at 15 at the Easter time, jobs were plentiful then you just walked in and out of them. I grew to teenage years up Trevethin, made some great friends and have seen the good and bad.

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