Memories of Abergele in the 1960s, 70s and 80s written by Gareth Morlais. This was originally a column which appeared in the Abergele Visitor in 1996.
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Ben Francis the dentist and Eric the Barber
Toys stilts tents french knitting gonks
Thanks to my wife, Gwenan, and my parents, John and Hilary Williams, for encouragement, corrections and suggestions. Thanks to the people I’ve written about – Abergele’s characters – for the inspiration.)
Reprinted with kind permission of The Visitor. Thanks to the paper’s editor at that time Kath Evans.
I remember Mr. Davies very well, beofre leaving for Canada in l952 my father had the shop next door, Marsden and Hick. Remember on one of our visits home and visiting Mr. Davies he gave our three children a special Magic Show!