Talley, the Lake 1936
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 Talley, Lakes and Abbey 1936 (ref: 87713) |
Year: 1964
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My great grandparents, John and Margaret Williams, lived at Llansadwrn and they and my grandparents are buried in the Church Yard at Talley. My grandparents, Evan and Florence (Dolly) Williams lived at Dan y Graig. Many happy days spent there with them in the 60's. My grandmother worked very hard to make ends meet as unfortunately my grandfather, who had seen active service in the trenches during the first world war, had been badly scarred by his experiences and sadly drank to excess. I believe that my grandfather, an ex policeman, was the village postman at some stage. I have visited Talley recently and the old road around to the church is still as I remember it, but sadly as with many other lovely old villages, a horrible big road runs through the middle of it. My grandparents were very friendly with "Annie Cwmdu" who ran the pub and we used to visit her a lot. Oh such happy days..... Posted: 20/10/2006 16:39 by Mary Owen |
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Year: 1957
A very big step A memory of Huntworth, Somerset 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 than the others. Came the day of the move, the little bit of furniture we had left in one of Pickfords vans the night before followed by us in father-in-law’s little A35 car early the next morning. A very heavy pregnant wife in the front and mother-in-law and me squeezed in the back as we headed for the unknown. What would we find? We found Caio, a place that at that time was not on most maps. On the plus side lovely village with lovely people. On the minus they all spoke Welsh. On our arrival we were met by our next door neighbour Mrs Davis and her husband W R Davis always known as W R he was a foreman with the commission. Mrs Davis welcomed us all with a hot dinner. [Enough to feed an army] and treated us as if she had known us for years while W R and friends unloaded what furniture we had. There were a lot of charaters living in the village then people like Willy Tom Rees. Rees the blacksmith, to name just two. Our son David was born in Llandovery hospital on the 10th of May of that year and we started our real family life, but by September the following year we had had enough of those hills and that Language and to be quite honest I think we became lonely for our friends and family. Anyway much to the pleads of Mrs Davis to stay we left and returned to the South of England where we still live to this day. We go back as much as we can from time to time and stay with Gina Jones. the last of our long lost friends still living there now. A couple of days is enough but it seems much closer now we have the M4 motorway & the bridge we hurry along to get home. George Larbey Posted: 11/01/2008 16:06 by George Larbey |
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Year: 1944
CHILDREN OF THE WAR A memory of Lampeter, Dyfed 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 Last edited: 21/08/2007 14:31 by Audrey Voelker |
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 Brynamman, Aelwyd Amanw c1955 (ref: B471005) |
Aelwyd Amanw A memory of Brynamman, Dyfed This is a photo of Aelwyd Amanw, Brynaman. Brynaman was the first place in Wales to have its own building for running a branch of Urdd Gobaith Cymru. Although a branch of Urdd Gobaith Cymru had been established in the village since 1928, the Aelwyd was officially opened on Saturday, May 6th 1939 by Syr Ifan ab Owen Edwards who had founded the organisation back in 1922. Various members of my family have been involved with this Welsh language organisation since the 1920s, with my own involvement starting in 1961 and continuing until the present. The building has recently been refurbished and it is a focal point for many activities in the village, but is still primarily a centre for Urdd Gobaith Cymru. Last edited: 04/11/2008 11:18 by Sarah Hopkin |
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Year: 1890s
Looking for my Grandfather A memory of Brynamman, Dyfed I'm doing some research into my Family History and am trying to trace the place my Grandfather was born in 1892. His Name was William Thomas (Willie Tom) Born in June 1892 to Evan Evans & Mary Evans formerly Jones. He was Born at Penybont, Brynamman, Quarter Bach. When I last visited the area no one could tell me wher Penybont or Quarter Bach would be. If anyone can enlighten me please e mail me at gorslasboy@blueyonder.co.uk and if possible giving directions from Gwaun Cae Gurwen. Many thanks. Cliff Evans. Posted: 27/01/2008 00:34 by Cliff Evans |
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