Our Amazing High Street

In January 2020, Treorchy won best high street in the UK. Woohooo Treorchy. We live on the high street, kind of at the end, (the end of Treorchy. As mentioned before, the street itself goes on and on. The next town is Ynyswen. It is pronounced some way. It used to have a Burberry factory) and it is fabulous (our high street. That kinda gets lost in the sentence). Keith worked early with China, then the 2-10 shift with the regular folks for a long meeting. About 9:30, I walked down a block to our go-to, Rhondda Pizza and Kebab. Most places close up pretty early around here, but the guys at Pizza and Kebab are there until midnight. I ordered a Rhondda special pizza (pepperoni, ham, beef, corn, tomatoes, onion, pepper, and mushroom) and was walking home in about 10 minutes. I can’t even say how much I love being able to walk everywhere. I haven’t actually been there before tonight, but my accent gave me away. They asked me where my husband was. That’s delightful.

I went down the street today to take an inventory of all the things available in the distance of a few blocks. It is an amazing list.

• 6 haircutting stores
• 2 tanning/beauty shops
• cosmetics
• nails
• holistic well being (and gifts)
• 2 party stores (one seems to be willing to help you plan)
• a card and gift store
• baby stuff (ADORABLE window displays)
• 3 women’s clothing stores (men must not need clothes)
• my favorite name store Sparkilicious – gifts and fun to look at stuff
• second favorite name store Wonder Stuff – also gifts and fun to look at stuff
• 3 florists
• 2 phone stores
• Top cards – I assume it’s gaming and graphic novels and stuff
• cigarette/vape place
• Bridal shop
• 2 shoes stores
• jeweler
• craft beer
• bike center
• Valu Villa seems to have a little of everything
• Everything Wales – where I became exotic and people buy school uniforms and stuffed leeks
• auto parts
• 2 hardware stores (with key cutting, heating installation/repair)
• 2 carpet stores
• drapes
• garden center
• construction/maintenance place
• kitchen remodeler
• Embroidery/printing
• Printing/design
• photo/printing (they all seem to have their own niche)
• shoe repair
• tattoo artist
• pet groomer
• news stand
• 2 travel agencies
• Boots
• Superdrug
• a dispensing chemist 🙂
• 2 thrift stores (one benefitting animals, the other a rotary club)
• Launderette
• Butcher shop
• Green grocer
• Barclays (I think it’s a bank)
• Dragon Savers (I think it’s also a bank-ish type place)
• A building and loan (It’s a Wonderful Life!)
• insurance agency
• accountant
• financial planner
• chiropractor
• optometrist
• dentist
• 2 opticians
• podiatrist
• law office
• funeral director
• real estate x 4
• the post office
• Iceland Grocery
• Premier convenience store
• SPAR convenience store
• Betfred (I guess it is a place for betting your fred)
• The Lion full service restaurant
• The Cardiff Arms Bistro full service restaurant (and hotel)
• Dominos
• Thai Sky
• Valley Kebab
• Rhondda Pizza and Kebab
• 10 Below dessert parlour
• Chinese and Fish Takeaway
• The Stag pub
• Salad and Deli
• Subway
• Cosy Cafe
• Cafe Cafe
• Greggs (sandwiches, etc. takeaway)
• Josie’s Cakes
• Hot Gossip (cafe)
• Treoci Fish (takeaway)
• a social club (probably has another name)
• a pub (might just be called The Pub)(I will name it the Stag and Weasel)(too British)(The Leek and Daffodil)
• and a place I think is a retirement home

I can get to any of those places in less than 10 minutes. We live in a great place.