Tanygrisiau
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100 years ago
My aunt Elizabeth Lloyd Griffiths Jones was born in Blaenau Ffestinog on Feb. 12, 1906. She is the daughter of the late William and Annie Griffiths. She came to America in around 1920. While living in Wales she lived with her maternal grandmother Elizabeth Jones (Husband was David Jones). As a young girl she came to America to join her parents, her brother William Cynwal and sister Anna Lloyd. She is a wonderful lady. She married Richard T. Jones born in Blaenau Ffestinog in May 1905-son of Elias and Margaret Thomas Jones. Blaenau Ffestinog has a wonderful daughter that they sould be so proud of saying "she came from here". I hope to send ...read more here
A memory of Blaenau Ffestiniog contributed by wendy griffith bowers
WW11 in Llan Ffestiniog
Towards the end of WW11 my mother took me to visit family in Llan Ffestiniog. I was vey young. I recall clearly looking out of the parlour window and seeing a communal water pump in the street and with dozens if not hundreds of soldiers passing through - apparently en route to their camp at Trawsfynydd.
Where was the pump ? Can anyone help? I think it may have been near the wide Y junction in Ffestiniog but I just don't know. Help!
A memory of Ffestiniog contributed by Meirion Jones
1927 my grandmother was born
On July 31st 1927, my grandmother Mary Alice McGroarty was born at Brynderw Bungalow, Gellilydan. xx
A memory of Gellilydan contributed by sarah dawson
childhood memories
I was born in Cwm and I was always known by my middle name of Maelor, My fondest memories are playing with my friends Ken, Idwal, Iola, Anne Evans and Anne Parry to name but a few, We all used to meet after school to play, I also used to fish in the river and caught many trout with both rod and by tickling trout, I was so sad when I had to leave to find work, Sadly it was the end of a way of life because when I moved away I found a very different world to the wonderful innocent world I had known before.
A memory of Cwm Penmachno contributed by robert lloyd
Extracts From Tanygrisiau & Gwynedd books
The Welsh slate industry developed in the heart of the mountains, and this resulted in settlements in some very bleak and exposed places. The hamlet of Tanygrisiau is situated on treeless, rocky slopes; at this time it provided accomodation for workers in the nearby Ffestiniog slate mines. The tall slate tips and some mine buildings are just visible on the right beyond the crag.
An extract from from"Gwynedd and Anglesey Photographic Memories".