Taff Street, Ferndale ... or is it Blaen

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Taff Street, Ferndale ... or is it Blaen

Postby mochyn » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:52 pm

A lovely view of Taff Street, from a card posted in 1907. On the right is what I've been told was the Station Master's cottage but do correct me if you know better. I love the piles of coal in the street, as if the chaps hadn't worked hard enough digging it up in the first place, they had to come home to break up more coal and carry it through the house in a tin bath.

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Re: Taff Street, Ferndale ... or is it Blaen

Postby howard » Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:48 pm

It certainly was the station masters cottage, known as such in the 1940's when my school friend
Brenda Williams lived there, though Ferndale had ceased to have a station master by then.
My cousins the Battens lived just opposite, delivering groceries by horse & cart for Mrs Ellis' shop on the top
corner of the street.

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Re: Taff Street, Ferndale ... or is it Blaen

Postby bobtanner16 » Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:57 pm

taff street 9 may 1945 celebrations
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Re: Taff Street, Ferndale ... or is it Blaen

Postby RogerWood » Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:19 am

[quote="mochyn"]A lovely view of Taff Street, from a card posted in 1907. On the right is what I've been told was the Station Master's cottage but do correct me if you know better. I love the piles of coal in the street, as if the chaps hadn't worked hard enough digging it up in the first place, they had to come home to break up more coal and carry it through the house in a tin bath.

Not a "tin bath" (I think) but one of these:-
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I don't remember the name though.
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Re: Taff Street, Ferndale ... or is it Blaen

Postby bobtanner16 » Wed Dec 29, 2010 3:49 pm

curling box ?
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Re: Taff Street, Ferndale ... or is it Blaen

Postby JohnPitt » Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:46 am

Have you lived long in Ferndale Bob? How did you come by the Taff Street photo?
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Re: Taff Street, Ferndale ... or is it Blaen

Postby bobtanner16 » Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:01 pm

h i john
I have lived around ferndale for most of my life, still here now
the photo was handed to me by my late fathers cousin who lived in taff st
my grandparents also came from taff street also
their houses are in the background of the pic i posted
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Re: Taff Street, Ferndale ... or is it Blaen

Postby pedruid » Wed Apr 03, 2013 1:06 pm

It may have been termed a cottage but it had several rooms and a cellar. I lived in 52 but later moved to 88. Had to join another gang. My recollection is that it was still a working station way into the 50's. Billy Williams (a guard), his wife and children Brenda and Gwynn. Also First Wold War veteran (Tom) lived in the basement and the unfortunate chap suffered bouts of "she'll shock". Brenda and Gwynn were both fine pianists, both passed on now. Gwynn lived in Tasmania and helped found an orchestra. Died there a few years ago. I used to spend a lot of my time playing with Gwynn.
Colin Anstee bought the station but don't know about the house.
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