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Old map of Cynwyd

Cynwyd memories

Cynwyd Youth Hostel

Cynwyd, the Old Bridge 1936

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
Contributed by John Howard Norfolk

Clwyd memories

Cynwyd Youth Hostel

Cynwyd, the Old Bridge 1936

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

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

Sandra Phillips

Glyndyfrdwy, Village c1955

Whatever happened to my first real girlfriend (dare I say first love) Sandra Phillips from Glyndud? Sandy, I hope you are happy, healthy and that the world has treated you well.
A memory of Glyndyfrdwy contributed by Dave Hanson