Lampeter
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Lampeter books (5 available)
- 3 photos on Lampeter appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Lampeter
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Lampeter memories
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CHILDREN OF THE WAR
MY BROTHER AND I WERE EVACUATED TO LAMPETER IN JULY OF 1944 COMING FROM LONDON AS OUR HOUSE WAS BOMBED. WE WERE TAKEN IN BY MARY AND JOHN POWELL IN "BARLEY MOW". EVEN THOUGH THESE WERE TRYING TIMES FOR OUR PARENTS, IT WAS THE HAPPIEST TIME OF MY CHILDHOOD. AUDREY [LATTER] VOELKER
Contributed by AUDREY VOELKER
Dyfed memories
CHILDREN OF THE WAR
MY BROTHER AND I WERE EVACUATED TO LAMPETER IN JULY OF 1944 COMING FROM LONDON AS OUR HOUSE WAS BOMBED. WE WERE TAKEN IN BY MARY AND JOHN POWELL IN "BARLEY MOW". EVEN THOUGH THESE WERE TRYING TIMES FOR OUR PARENTS, IT WAS THE HAPPIEST TIME OF MY CHILDHOOD. AUDREY [LATTER] VOELKER
A memory of Lampeter contributed by AUDREY VOELKER
A very big step
My wife and I went to Caio some 6 months after we married. I was recalled into the army 2 days after our wedding due to the Sues crisis although I was only away from home for 4 months it was long enough for me to loose my job and so soon after the Sues crisis there was a lot of unemployment and I was the end of the queue. After some weeks we were offered three jobs with the Forestry Commission. One at Newcastle Emeyn , one at Llanwrtyd Wells, and one at Caio. Not having any idea where any of these places were we struck for Caio probably because we could spell and pronounce Caio easier ...read more here
A memory of contributed by george larbey
Ffoselig Farm
Lived on a wonderful farm. The Welsh farmer living there still to this day runs this farm which has been in his family for generations.
Would love to go back there again. Very fond memories of hay making, feeding cattle and horses.
A Welsh neighbour up the lane, at 87 still worked his farm and spoke very little english. A wonderful old chap! Although I do not know if he remains there.
A memory of contributed by Victoria Curtis
Extracts From Lampeter & Dyfed books
The name Lampeter derives from Llanbedr, or St Peter’s, to whom this church is dedicated. It is the third church on the site; this one was designed by R J Withers in 1867. Few of the late 18th- and early 19th-century visitors to the county passed through Lampeter, but one visitor who walked from Carmarthen to Chester stayed a weekend in the town in 1836. He noted how well and fashionably the people were dressed as they walked to church.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".
Lampeter was established as a Norman settlement, but it remained a very small place until the 1820s, when it was decided to build a theological college here. The college was built around a quadrangle like those at Oxford, and was opened in 1827.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".
The arrival of the railway in 1866 gave this market town a boost, and it rapidly developed to serve a large hinterland. In the past, this part of the street was packed with horses for the annual horse fair, Ffair Dalis, which was held in early May. This view shows a wide range of shops including a jeweller, an optician, a chemist, a shoe shop, and cafes and inns.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".
Wales’s oldest university is located here; it was established in 1822, and has brought a cosmopolitan complexion to this ancient and most distant of towns. Yet Lampeter has been able to retain its Welsh identity despite these influences. This post-war photograph belies the part the town played in the war, for in the district was a prisoner-of-war camp in Henllan, an RAF base at Llanon, the Land Army was based in Felinfach and parts of the town were commandeered for various uses. A pil box remains to this day as a reminder of the Nazi threat.
An extract from from"Wales Living Memories".
The mother and child appear to have been dressed and posed especially for the photograph. In late Victorian and early
Edwardian times, this part of the village was regarded as a select residential area. The turning to the right off St Bride’s Hill
leads down to the Glen. The fields have now been more fully developed with residential property.
An extract from from"Tenby and Saundersfoot Photographic Memories".