Melin-Y-Wig

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Cyril Evans

Does anyone remember my father Cyril Evans, and his family. I think he left the village around the 1940s at the age of 14???
Contributed by philip evans

Cyril Evans

Does anyone remember my father Cyril Evans, and his family. I think he left the village around the 1940s at the age of 14???
A memory of Melin-Y-Wig contributed by philip evans

Childhood Memories

I used to stay with my nain in Clawddnewidd and have very fond memories. Mrs Watson lived next door and used to pop in every night with some fruit for us. At that time there was a top shop run by Mr Lake and his wife, they were always so nice to us. We used to go to the chapel for service and my nain and a few other villagers used to pluck pheasants. My Uncle Emrys lived in Nant Farm and used to call at nain's every morning with fresh milk from the farm. We went on many walks picking rasberries for nain to make a pie but my favourite was always her ginger cake. I was told never to ...read more here
A memory of Clawddnewydd contributed by jacqueline owen

Cynwyd Youth Hostel

The Youth Hostel in Cynwyd was a converted watermill. It was very old and very damp and I stayed there one wet weekend in April 1967 with my girlfriend Angela Chapuis as we were heading towards Snowdon. I had a top bunk and banged my head on the low roof beams! What a wet weekend! The memory lingers as the following day we moved on from Cynwyd and stayed at Llanberis before our attempt on Snowdon. The weather was so bad that the mountain rescue teams were out forcing everybody back from the mountain so here I am forty years later and I STILL haven't been up Snowdon! Cynwyd was pleasant and our North Wales adventure is still a happy memory. ...read more here
A memory of Cynwyd contributed by John Howard Norfolk