I used to live in a street called the Bush Houses, in Clydach Vale, Rhondda. There was a wonderful character there, a chap known as Harry Penny (né Francis). He owned a donkey and cart, and each morning he would travel to Tonypandy Railway station, to meet the cockles and mussels train that would arrive at 4:30 a.m. from West Wales. He's take his collection home to be washed before going out on th streets to sell his product. He would sell the mussels and cockles in a pint jar, for a penny - and that's how Harry got his name. It was thought that Harry sired 22 children, most of whom I knew!
Gregory Glyndwr
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