Borth
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Borth books (5 available)
- 11 photos on Borth appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Borth
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Borth and Dyfed
Borth memories
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Fond memories
I first visited Borth as a toddler in the early 60's, with my Uncle Dai from Machynlleth. I used to visit him and his wife to stay with them for holidays. As he had worked the railways he used to take me from Mach to Borth on the train and would sit on the bench, watching while I played on the sand. Uncle Dai bought me my very first penknife in Borth, and taught me how to whittle! Other members of my family eventually moved to Borth (Upper Cliff Road) quite some time ago - unfortunatley they have now passed away, and are buried in St Matthews church yard. I loved, and still love, Mach and ...read more here
Contributed by Sheila Tunstall
Borth-a sea born village
I was raised in Borth from 1952 until I went to sea in 1968 and it was still very much home and sanctuary at every opportunity until I moved to Australia in 1991.The second son of Aran and Eileen Morris of Bel-Air I remember well the many characters who bought their fruit and veg at our shop and the timeless conversations they used to share in the quieter winter months-no internet or mobile phones then!!! During childhood my memories are of carefree summer days on the beach and in the sea and exciting winter stormy seas battering the windows and thudding against the house.Since then my memories are tinged with sentimentality-the long run in on the train alongside ...read more here
Contributed by Alan Morris
Dyfed memories
Fond memories
I first visited Borth as a toddler in the early 60's, with my Uncle Dai from Machynlleth. I used to visit him and his wife to stay with them for holidays. As he had worked the railways he used to take me from Mach to Borth on the train and would sit on the bench, watching while I played on the sand. Uncle Dai bought me my very first penknife in Borth, and taught me how to whittle! Other members of my family eventually moved to Borth (Upper Cliff Road) quite some time ago - unfortunatley they have now passed away, and are buried in St Matthews church yard. I loved, and still love, Mach and ...read more here
A memory of Borth contributed by Sheila Tunstall
Borth-a sea born village
I was raised in Borth from 1952 until I went to sea in 1968 and it was still very much home and sanctuary at every opportunity until I moved to Australia in 1991.The second son of Aran and Eileen Morris of Bel-Air I remember well the many characters who bought their fruit and veg at our shop and the timeless conversations they used to share in the quieter winter months-no internet or mobile phones then!!! During childhood my memories are of carefree summer days on the beach and in the sea and exciting winter stormy seas battering the windows and thudding against the house.Since then my memories are tinged with sentimentality-the long run in on the train alongside ...read more here
A memory of Borth contributed by Alan Morris
Extracts From Borth & Dyfed books
Much of Borth consists of a single street with houses on both sides that gradually spread between the railway station at the north end of the village to a group of fishermen’s houses built in the lee of a promontory at the south end – we can see the remains of one of them on the left. St Matthew’s Church, visible in the distance, was built on higher ground. The larger buildings are a school and chapel.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".
This parade of large shops and houses are just round the corner from the station. The pebbly storm beach gives way to a vast fine sandy beach, covered in this photograph by a high tide. On the right is a tent and small wind shelters, while further along is a solitary bathing machine, which appears never to have been moved down to the sea.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".
This is the original nucleus of Borth village from which picture No 30253 was taken (page 59). Some of these houses were owned by sea captains, who could afford to build a substantial two-story house. It is said that almost every boy from Borth went to sea. In the foreground are some fine clinker-built fishing boats.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".
This view, with the Grand Hotel on the left, shows the extent of the beach. The girls are wearing light short dresses - quite a contrast to their Victorian and Edwardian predecessors, who wore several layers of clothes, even on the beach. Beneath the sand is the remains of a forest that grew here at the end of the Ice Age before the sea rose to its present level. The stumps of massive trees, and the peat they grew in, are sometimes exposed by heavy seas.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".
Children play at the south end of the beach. Beyond them is the headland on which the Borth war memorial was built after the First World War. There are said to be smugglers’ caves in the rocks below it.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".