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In Llangoed, we stayed with Dad's sister, Katie. She loved knitting and the rooms were full of knitted cushions, covers and especially upstairs, knitted patchwork blankets and even knitted mats!
Her husband, John Jones, or Uncle John, who was also a favourite of mine, used to go out early in the morning to pick mushrooms and we would wake up with the lovely smell of bacon and mushrooms cooking. Another day, he would be out fishing in a boat and we have lovely fresh fish.
We would go for picnics to the beach. The beach was lovely, but I always found it to be very cold there even in the summer.
Auntie Katie made coloured ornaments by putting salt and coloured materials into bottles - the effect was really good.
They had two daughters, Megan and Josephine (Joss). We were very fond of them and spent hours walking, talking and laughing. They lived at 4 Park Terrace, Llangoed.
Uncle John worked in the quarry and one day had an accident there and had to have his leg amputated.
Daughter Megan went into the nursing profession and married Harold, who owned vast greenhouses full of tomatoes. People queued to buy produce from his nurseries. They lived at Pendyffryn Road, Rhyl.
Joss married, but sadly her husband did not live long. She knitted for a London doctor's family. She had two children, David and Ruth.
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