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Betws Garmon, view from Rock Garden Plas y Nant c1930
Betws Garmon, view from Rock Garden Plas y Nant c1930 Ref: B78011
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Year: 1900s
1901 census
This is actually a memory of my father, who is listed in the census of Wales for 1901 as being a quarryman, lodging at Cidwyn View, Betws Garmon aged 21. I hope to visit the village (?) this Sept. and also the quarry. I would love to know if this house still stands. Last edited: 05/09/2007 11:55 by Eleanor Kurrein |
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 Caernarfon, Castle Square 1959 (ref: C33083) |
Year: 1959
Castle Square Bus Terminus A memory of Caernarfon, Gwynedd Castle Square of the 1950s and 60s had a vibrancy that is absent nowadays. This was because all of the local bus services terminated there and a constant stream of people dismounted to go about their business throughout the day. People from the hillside communities came to town to do their shopping, buy food, clothing, hardware etc. Families arriving from Liverpool on the coach would change here to local buses to Dinas Dinlle, Nantlle or Waenfawr if revisiting their relatives and places of birth. There were buses in every colour of the rainbow. Mr Williams's Whiteway vehicles were the most noticeable, but Motorcoch (Clynnog & Trefor) in red and cream looked most dignified. (They served Pwllheli on a service of over an hour's duration.) Silver Star buses in reds and blues vied for position with Express Motors' mainly red vehicles that ran to Rhostryfan and other, maybe less exotic destinations in the hills. Dominant upon the bus 'stance' were the Green buses of Crosville Motor Services who operated more than twenty routes from the town. In the late 50s, Saturday night in the 'square was synonymous with throngs of people who, when the cinemas and pubs emptied would all head for their buses home at essentially the same time! The Salvation Army would be in attendance by the fountain, singing and selling copied of the 'Warcry', all this adding to the general melee. There would be maybe twenty or more buses all waiting for the ten o'clock 'getaway to the hills'. The Crosville Stand Inspector (Phillips?) would 'rack up' his many vehicles ready for the 'off'. The arrival of the Liverpool coach at nine fifty five, heralded the start of many engines and the rush for their bus by many often unsteady patrons. On the stroke of ten, the ensemble of buses would all move forward, surging for their place in the grand exit. Then quite surprisingly, a silence would descend on the square, interrupted only by the rustle of discarded chip papers and other litter blowing about. There were a few more Crosville departures but other than for these, the square would fall silent until the next morning. The multicoloured surge of overloaded vehicles would all be heading to their small upcountry destination villages, to slumber overnight in their depots - often little more than overgrown sheds. Crosville had their own large brick and concrete depot in the town itself. Castle Square was in those days the centre of the town's activity and even today, with the relocation of the bus station some years ago, it remains a place of great interest. Last edited: 30/09/2008 09:06 by John Owen |
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 Caernarfon, the Guildhall Arch 1921 (ref: 70791v) |
Inside the Walls A memory of Caernarfon, Gwynedd This about the time my mother, Lysbeth Nielsen, was born in Caernarvon. Posted: 26/08/2006 02:07 by Gwenn Selvaggio |
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 Caernarfon, the High Street Post Office 1921 (ref: 70791x) |
William Titterton's Butcher Shop A memory of Caernarfon, Gwynedd William Titterton and his son had a Butcher Shop on this street. He was a pork butcher. Posted: 26/08/2006 02:04 by Gwenn Selvaggio |
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 Pontllyfni, Pont-y-Cim c1940 (ref: p320001) |
Year: 1974
Visiting Pontllyfni A memory of Pontllyfni, Gwynedd I spent two wonderful summers in Pontllyfni in 1974 and 1976. I was a college student from the U.S., visiting Wales with a friend who had a cousin living there. The family owned a small inn just up the road from the beach. Visitors from out of country were somewhat rare in Pontllyfni at that time and we enjoyed the attentions of a number of cute young men. I remember the bridge and the "yucky, grotty pub" down the road. I wonder if anyone knows the whereabouts of Robert Wynn Jones? He'd be about 50 by now. I've lost track of him. He came to visit us in the U.S. in 1977 and we corresponded for some time after that. Well, thanks for the opportunity to wander down memory lane! Posted: 29/08/2006 03:16 by Julianne Paul |
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