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With all of the recent posts I have logged, and all of the names I seem to have running through my mind, I thought that perhaps we should have a post page to see if any of the names we have brought up, actually visit this site.
So, with that in mind, I thought why not start a "Where are you Now?" topic.
I have aleady listed around twenty or so names in the Rhondda Tce topic but - in no particular order of priority, here are some more names I have recalled.

Janice Davies - Frederick St, Brian Davies's sister. Meryl who lived opposite Janice.
Val(erie) Thomas - Lake St, who married Errol Knott
Keith Edwards - Frederick St, Tom & Hetty Edwards's son - electrician.
Ann Philips - Phil Philips the shop on Cross Lake St's daughter.
Janice Voyle - lower end of Duffryn Street
Andrea Meyrick and her brother Jeff.
Wendy Phillips, Eluned Phillips.
Keith Aycocks. Brian Dark - Maerdy, Brian James - Tylorstown ( Nurse James's son).
Julia Bertorelli and her brother Frank, who I believe, has a shop in Bridgend.
Huw and Philip Rowlands. Clive Virgo.

Where are you all?

It would be great to see and hear from any or all of you.
Everyone is welcome to add more names at your leisure.
Get those rheumatoid digits working and let us know where you folks.
I look forward to checking in regularly to see if we get any response.

Gary Lockyer

Some of the people you mention are a bit older than me.
I lived in Frederick Street so remember Brain and Janice Davies, Meryl (Smith). They were still living in Ferndale when I left there 20 years ago.
As a child I lived in Tylorstown and lived next door to Doreen Davies (again older than). Our family kept in touch with her when she moved to Ferndale
and married Clive Virgo. They emigrated to Australia about 30 years ago with their 3 children, Stephen, Ceri, Marnie and Clive's father.
Clive's sister had already emigrated there. So the Virgo family are you fellow Aussies.

Jeff Meyrick is alive and well and living in Mountain Row in Blaen..... We walk our dogs everyday (well i got a broken leg at the mo so Jeff takes my dogs on his own... ).. I will tell him about this site and get him to join.....

I remember Jeff Meyrick, we must be around the same age and he lived on the end house in Bryngoleu by the steps.
Give him my regards.
Brian Evans

Hi Gary
Thanks for jogging my memory re days gone by and people from Ferndale.
I got in touch with Clive Virgo through e-mail as his son had communicated with the former Ferndale website, and I went to Aberdare College of Further Education with Clive through the NCB apprentice program, and worked with Clive at Maerdy Colliery.this was in the mid 2000's but in Dec. 2007 Clive unfortunately passed away. He lived with his wife and family in Barragurra near Bundaberg ,Queensland. Hope this fills in a blank space. By the way I left the valleys in 1967 ( formerly from Lake Street)and have lived in the southern interior of British Columbia , most of the time.

Nice idea Garry but how do we know who is who if people do not sign in with a real name.

The profile should also say where people are.
For those that don't know:-
Login....got to User Control Panel.
Select profile and update the relevant fileds.

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There's that "D" again...........any more of this and I'll be over there!
Yes thanks for that, b'dy hawkeyes......edited it now.
And reduced the size of the pic. to three quarters of an inch high