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St George| Bodelwyddan| Towyn| Abergele| Towyn| Kinmel Bay| St Asaph| Rhuddlan| Gwrych Castle| Rhyd-Y-Foel| Rhyl| Llanfairtalhaiarn| Betws Yn Rhos| Henllan| Llanddulas| Meliden| Dyserth| Llysfaen| Tremeirchion| Llansannan| Prestatyn| Denbigh
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Clwyd memories
Careg Daffydd
My grandparents, Harrry amd Amelia Fieding, moved to Marli from Rhyl where Harry built boats; he continued to do so at Marli between (about) 1935 and 1949. Careg Daffydd was a cottage on its own, down a track and at the edge of a wood; had no electricity; a path led down through another wood to a footbridge over the River Elwy. My brother Hugh and myself - aged between six and ten years - used to walk from the cottage to St. Asaph to shop. (There was a small Post Office in Marli itself, run by Miss Williams Post.)
I keep looking on the maps to find Careg Daffyd itself, but no luck thus far!
Happy Days
First holiday away without mum and dad. Not yet eighteen and big wories about being served in The Kinmel, crikey, they served anyone!
The gang included Nick Worsley, Chris Booth, Pete Clough, Sally Taylor and many more whose names I have forgotten.
My father used to enjoy fishing off the rocks by the lifeboat station and his ashes were scattered there when he passsed away in 2004
I now go back with my own two kids and stay at The Crown And Anchor cottages by the beach.
Best place on the planet........
MOELFRE - The Stoney Beach & The Lifeboat Station
Parents in the (old) Kinmel Arms, boozing over an extened lunch time - my brother and me exiled to the adjoning stoney beach where we passed the hours away crushing the softer red stones into powder or skimming the flatter stones on the water's edge. We also built "stone towers" and tried to knock them over from about 20 ft away! Every so often we were given a pineapple juice from the pub with those packets of onions/cheese & biscuits. Sometimes the peace and serenity of the place was shattered by the rocket gun from the lifeboat station on the headland. Everyone piled out of the pub - in whatever state they were - and high-tailed it over the headland to the lifeboat station, in time to see the lifeboat skate down the ramp into the sea - great excitement. In those days we were members of Red Wharf Bay Sailing Club, at Traech Bychan beach where Mum used to cook eggs and bangers for lunch on an old little... Read more
Abergele - Beach & Town Circa 1965
Looking at this photo, I'm taken back to summers on that beach full of pebbles and the cafe shown with its novel smell, something like milky coffee! At about this time Abergele had a cinema, upstairs in the market street. My parents owed Coed Mor, a guest house in the town, and some of the children staying with us and I went to see "The Incredible Journey", a film about two dogs and a cat traveling across country (USA or Canada) to find their owners. Not a dry eye in the house and I've never been able to watch the film since!
Fire in The Health at Clarendon
I was a student at Clarendon between 1963 and 1966, and how I remember the Sunday evenings curled up before the fire listening to gospel and classical music before supper. Of course there were also the House evenings spent in the Principal's parlour doing our sewing or embroidery or some other craft work, while she read to us from one of the missionary books or short stories that she kept for the ocassion.
Those were really good old days, and memories that are treasured for years. I live in the Caribbean and sometimes its hard to believe that we actually participated in those genteel activities back then. Life has truly changed and the music we hear oround us now resonates with the clash of the dancehall and reggae. What a difference!
Family
My great grandparents used to live at Fairfield, Sea Road, they also used to have a barbers & tobacconists at Stanley House, I think it's Bridge Street. I gGo quite often to Abergele now as my son has a caravan there. Would love to find out more info if anyone has any.
BrynGwenallt Hall
I have lived at BrynGwenallt Hall since 2000 and I'm ten at the moment so it's really fun for inviting friends around and playing in and out the house. It's not like it used to be though obviously, we have really modernised it and made it suitable for our time. As some of you may have noticed the house is on sale now and we hope the person who buys it will care for it as much as we did and hopefully never knock it down or sell any of the land because half of it has already been knocked down and most of the land has been sold. So if you're reading this and you are the one to buy it, make sure you look after it and write on this website about it to keep the memory rolling... thank you :)
