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Adrian Street
a’i dad yng
Nglofa Beynon
Fe wnes i basio fy ysgoloriaeth i Ysgol
Ramadeg Brynmawr ar y cynnig cyntaf, cyn
cael fy niarddel ddwy flynedd yn
ddiweddarach gan ’mod i’n casáu’r ysgol. Roedd
yn well gen i focsio na gwneud gwaith cartref.
Gadewais yr ysgol yn 15 oed a dechrau gweithio
yng Nglofa Beynon gyda ’nhad a’m brawd hŷn.
Gas ’da fi’r lle! Dim ond ar ddydd Sul oeddwn
i’n gweld golau dydd yn y gaeaf. I’r diawl â’r
twll yma! Pan oeddwn i’n 16 oed, codais fy
mhac a symud i Lundain. Roeddwn i’n gwybod
fy mod i’n dda iawn am anafu pobl – roeddwn
i’n gallu maeddu pawb yn yr ysgol, roeddwn i’n
gallu maeddu pawb yn y pwll glo, felly beth am
gael fy nhalu i wneud hynny? Roeddwn am fod yn
frwydrwr gorau’r byd; yn reslar proffesiynol!
Adrian Street
Adrian
Street and
his father
at Beynon’s
Colliery
Ipassed my scholarship to Brynmawr Grammar School
on my first try, but got expelled two years later, as I
hated school and still preferred fighting, to doing
homework. I le school at the age of 15 and began work in
Beynons Colliery with my father and older brother. I hated
it! In the winter the only time I saw daylight was on a
Sunday. To hell with this crap! when I was 16 years old I
le home and went to live in london. I knew I was very
good at hurting people – I could beat everyone in school
– I could beat everyone in the coal mine, so why not get
paid for it? I was going to be the best fighter in the world;
I was going to be a professional wrestler!
Adrian Street
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