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Date Posted: 17:17:23 29/05/05 Sun
Author: susan
Subject: Re: crosskeys cafe
In reply to: Ivy Duggan nee Payne 's message, "crosskeys cafe" on 16:21:39 02/05/05 Mon

my grandmother used to sit outside the cafes selling the south wales argus, she was well known her name was bertha chick she was doing this from the 1930s to the 1960s i wonder if anyone remembers her.

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[> [> Re: crosskeys cafe -- Diana Anstead, 00:31:00 25/11/05 Fri [1]

Hi, regarding the cafe my cousin Pauline James used to work there.
re- bertha Chick although I did not know her, my mother Mary James from 10 Bright street spoke of her and her newspapers.

A relative of mine, Dai Jones, my grandmother's brother owned the club just down from the railway station- I believe he had two sons- I would appreciate any news of them.


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[> [> [> Re: crosskeys cafe -- Bill Farley, 12:26:04 26/08/06 Sat [1]

With regards to the memories of the Crosskeys cafe and Bertha Chick. i used to live in Xkeys from 1942 to about1952
when i was 4years old to 12years of age, and i am sorry to say that i pestered Joe Cavacutti something terrible,(i did not relise it at the time) although Joe was always very patient with me, he and his wife were very kind and hepful to me. As for Bertha Chick she and i would, all weathers,stand on the bus stop waiting for the bus to bring the Argus from Newort and drop them off outside Joes cafe then we would use the cafe windowsill tosell them, and i would get my quota of papers for my delivery round. She was a kind lady and never said a bad word about anyone.


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[> [> [> [> Re: crosskeys cafe -- George Lush, 16:58:42 29/12/06 Fri [1]

I lived in Crosskeys between 1943 until the early 60s and certainly remember "Mrs" Chick. I was also inerested in the name Farley and seem to remember my mother referring to you as the the Farley boys or the Farley brothers? May be a large family. My father ran a local business including the ironmongers Lush & Thomas. Any update would be fascinating.


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[> [> Re: crosskeys cafe -- Susan Small nee Davies, 09:32:55 15/02/06 Wed [1]

I remember Bertha Chick. My auntie, Emma Potter, lived at 38 Tredegar Street and they used to sell fruit, vegetables, flowers and bedding plants from their allottment. Bertha used to come there to buy stuff.


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[> [> [> Re: crosskeys cafe -- SUSAN, 17:17:50 30/01/07 Tue [1]

hi sue
i just revisited crosskeys web it was majic to see your comments, i grew up quite a lot of my time in gladstone street, and can remember going with my gran to visit a mrs cotrell who lived also in tredegar street,once again thanks for the memory


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