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That Smell
When i was young i moved to manchester from Rhos but cam back lots to viset my Nain and Tiad in Johnstown and i alwys remember the smell of the smoke coming from the chimnys. i loved to smell the air while in the car going down High st. i have moved back now but it dose not smell the same any more.
Emma, Rhos. xxxxxxx
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RE: RE: That Smell
I have never visited Pen y Cae, but my great-grandparents were living there at the time of the 1871 census. Their names were Edward Williams (he won prizes for his singing) and Mary, nee Reid. Her father was Robert Reid. Edward and Mary had four children at this point, William, Aaron, Robert and Moses. They went on to have several more, one of whom was my grandmother, Maggie, who was born around 1889 when the family had moved to County Durham in England. They did move back to Wales for a time, then went back to The North- East, to Ashington In Northumberland. I do know that they were married in 1860 and were living at Esclushon below at the time. All of their children, apart from Maggie, were born in Ruabon. A lot of the children in our family were given Welsh names, in honour of our Welsh blood, and I do feel a bit "special" in this regard. I would love to find out more about my ancestors, particularly Mary Reid and her family. I anyone has any information, please post it on this site!
Comment from Gwynneth Hauxwell on Friday, 27th February 2009.