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pierre
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 04/09/2010 : 19:29:15
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September 2010.
Thought they were going to pull this down ?
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oldcefnlad
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Posted - 04/09/2010 : 21:39:16
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| All the time that building has been there i have never been in there often wonder what it looks like inside. |
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gatekeeper
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/09/2010 : 21:41:33
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| by the look of the out side, not very good |
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fredd
Super Member
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Posted - 04/09/2010 : 22:26:28
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| Went in there about 20 years ago , big rooms with high ceilings they where very spartan robust and pretty much probably how they had been for donkeys years. Very interesting buildings , i thought they should have been listed buildings ,i also thought this 5.6 million pound or probably more would more than have covered restoring these as well ? |
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milkman
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/09/2010 : 17:02:41
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| A number of "cottage-homers" went to the Grammar School and did pretty well. I recall Eddie Jones and Graham Treharne. Many of them were really good lads whose parents had some misfortune |
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tarkus
Super Member
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Posted - 10/09/2010 : 19:05:28
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We Had a boy in class in earl st from there nicknamed 'punch'he could to. little bugger was hard as nails but a nice boy.
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fredd
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Posted - 10/09/2010 : 21:24:50
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Originally posted by tarkus
We Had a boy in class in earl st from there nicknamed 'punch'he could to.little bugger was hard as nails but a nice boy.
i remember the name punch but i cant put a face to him or his name |
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milkman
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United Kingdom
480 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2010 : 21:48:24
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| All boys from the Cottage Homes went to Earl St, I believe. There was a black boy named Flicka; unusual for we Tredegarites since there were no Black people in the town. |
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fredd
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Posted - 10/09/2010 : 22:02:21
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Originally posted by milkman
All boys from the Cottage Homes went to Earl St, I believe. There was a black boy named Flicka; unusual for we Tredegarites since there were no Black people in the town.
what about the gentleman called mr wilson?
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milkman
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/09/2010 : 14:54:20
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You are right and I recalled that afterwards! He was known as "Darkie Wilson" and was regarded as a true gentleman by all who knew and worked with him (he was a miner, I believe) I think "Brown Bomber" was his son. He drove buses for Charlie Hill,
Old age doesnt let us remember everything.
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tarkus
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Posted - 11/09/2010 : 17:28:00
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Horace wilson
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fredd
Super Member
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Posted - 13/09/2010 : 13:57:06
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| I was thinking of horace's father George Wilson who was indeed a coal miner and a damn good banjo player he lived at Tabernacle cottages in Dukestown. |
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tarkus
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Posted - 13/09/2010 : 17:39:58
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I'm only a pup, i can only go as far back as horace
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gatekeeper
member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27/09/2011 : 20:31:39
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i see that the new building is almost done.
who will move in and when ? |
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Sweetiepie
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 31/03/2012 : 11:48:06
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I was there also from 1955 to 1959 ,i remember a lady we called nannie that we all loved. I recently went back in February this year and I was shown around by the site manager , he recalled that a gentleman had also called in to look around that may or not be Mr. Wilson Jnr. I would love to hear from anyone who has memories of living there also.
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morgan.m
Super Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 31/03/2012 : 17:43:29
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Hi Sweetiepie
Check out the post by Vernon Flicker which is in Guest Book Forum 2/10/2011 he was at the homes from 1936---48
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pierre
Webmaster
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/06/2012 : 21:07:53
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well, here is an update on the cottage homes site.
Look at the first picture, then look at the photo below.
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mike
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/06/2012 : 22:00:05
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Well, I don't know what the inside of the new buildings is like, but it seems that they have made at least a reasonable attempt to capture the outside appearance.
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Wide Angle - Cottage Homes
