'We Have so Manym Memories ... ' ; Starting Infants School On the Same Day has Bonded a Group of Friends for Life. This Year, As They Celebrate Their 60th Birthdays Cathy Owen Catches Up On Their Special Reunion Plans

South Wales Echo › March 22, 2010

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IT has been 57 years since they were fresh-faced three-year-olds starting their education in the village infants school.

But when the nine firm friends from Maerdy Infants get together it is as if very little has changed since 1953.

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'We Have so Manym Memories ... ' ; Starting Infants School On the Same Day has Bonded a Group of Friends for Life. This Year, As They Celebrate Their 60th Birthdays Cathy Owen Catches Up On Their Special Reunion Plans

Even though many have been married for more than 30 years they still refer to each other in the name that was read out at morning roll call.

And the way they talk about fond memories of those first school years it as if they had happened yesterday.

Celia Murphy, Yvonne Blake, Joyce Williams, Moira Darch, Barbara Wilson, Eirlys Edwards, June L'Homme, Sheila Pratt...

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