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Historic maps of Llangain and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Llangain maps
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Llangynog| Llansteffan| Ferryside| Pensarn| Bancyfelin| Carmarthen| LLangendeirne| Kidwelly| Laugharne| St Clears| Whitemill
Llangain area books
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Memories of Llangain
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Dyfed memories
House Next to Idole School
Next door to Idole Primary School was a 2-room house built out of red zinc sheets. It was derelict in the 1960s but the roof and walls remained, along with the small black fireplace inside. My father's family lived there way, way back. I would love a photo to put in my family history file.
Youth Club
This shot is not of the school but of the old school canteen, which we had to walk to. It was also where the youth club was held. It is now used for courses.
Beach Holidays to Ferryside
My grandfather Maurice Griffiths had moved from London and I believe he used to operate the ferry from time to time. He used to live at Woodbine Villas and latterly a beach cottage close to station. Difficult to tell whether he is person in picture.
My father took us for many beach holidays to Ferryside - the sands were idyllic then - around 1950's. A most beautiful and heavenly spot on the river!
Grateful to hear from anyone who remembers our family
The Square, Ferryside
The White Lion facing us and The Ship Inn with portico on left. The small shop at left sold wool and knitting equipment in the 1960s and 1970s. The pub at centre of the picture was knocked down before my day and I can't recall its name. Tucked into the corner, the other side of the Ship Inn is the Dorothy Cafe which was run by my great grandparents before the First World War. On the bottom right hand corner are the allotments which were turned into a car park in the 1960s. I had my first ever (legal) pint with my father in The White Lion. Fred Powell ran it after retiring as a prop builder in Ealing Studios in the magic 1950s
My Memories of Ferryside
I'm only fourteen but still I have some amazing memories of Ferryside, generations of my family have lived here and i'm planning never to leave. Me and my mam, we're looking through all the pictures and everything seemed so simple, I wish it was still like that, I like the look of how things were back then and I really do wish everything stayed the same. Especially the cafe and square, if you ask me there are way too many tourists down here these days acting as if they own the place! Ahah, my grandma's mother and father owned Broadlay House years and years ago, obviously it's completely diffrent now, except for the bakery and garage at the back which the new owners don't look after! The house used to be beautiful, I've seen pictures but the newest owners knocked it down and re-built it into just another house, I don't know why! Ferryside is a beautiful place to live, I love the fact that it's very peaceful. I know... Read more
I Used to Live Here
I was born in this lovely village but moved when I was about 3 years old. My great-grandmother Dorothy Thomas lived in Ty Llwyd, a small cottage on the road facing the sea front. I remember looking out of the window at night across to Llanstephan castle. My grandmother Barbara Powell used to be the dinner lady in the village school, many years ago she and my grandfather looked after the yacht club. I know back in the 1950s or 1960s they used to have a fish shop and my mother would tell me that she would deliver fish to people around the village on her bicycle. I also remember a man called Bobby who used to keep the Spar and the shop opposite the railway crossing where I used to take the Corona pop bottles back to and get 10p for sweets. My brother and I spent many happy times visiting family on school holidays. It would be lovely if anyone remembers the family.
Wonderful Friends
I lived in Ferryside for a year in 1956/7. I made some lovely friends, but there was one special friend, her name was Moreen Marks, she lived with her parents at the bottom of the road that runs past the church. Her sister Megan lived next door with her husband. Moreen and some of the other friends would meet at the cafe/shop that was at the edge of the railway gates to dance the night away!!! There was a pub on the road past the post office where we would go for a drink, there was a back door that I would go on to the beach to go to the house where I lived with my aunt. I had photos taken by a friend called Ricky but sadly they have been lost with all the moves I have had since my days in Ferryside. It is so nice to see the train service is still in operation, I travelled on this every day to Camarthen where I... Read more
