Memories? Kenny Park, watching Tommy Bland kicking bags of goals each week. He was my hero as a young lad and I was always going to get his autograph during school holidays when he delivered the mail but was too shy!!

The swimming pool...the children's one used to have pictures of disney characters on the bottom I think...I may have remembered that incorrectly, it has been a long time!!

The school as it was before it was as it is now. The bell tower in particular I remember. And the way that there would be a big puddle form outside the library every time it rained.

I remember Mr. Nichols and Mr. Neville and how they used to give boys the strap (I never got it amazingly enough). I remember going to the hospital to see Mr. Nichols when he was in there shortly before he died at the end of 1975 or early 1975 I think.

I remember when the primary school had grape vines. They were taken out and the place where they were was turned into a soccer field.

I'll finish off otherwise I'll rave on for hours but in case they are reading I'd just like to send a quick hello to Shane, Elizabeth and Yvette Noonan (and Mr. and Mrs. Noonan), Trevor "shorty" Griffiths and Ken Henderson.

It only seems like yesterday sometimes that I left Merbein. Such happy memories of a fabulous town.