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Gwynedd memories

Visiting Pontllyfni

Pontllyfni, Pont-y-Cim c1940

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 ...read more here
A memory of Pontllyfni contributed by Julianne Paul

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.


A memory of Betws Garmon contributed by eleanor kurrein

Inside the Walls

Caernarfon, the Guildhall 1921

This about the time my mother, Lysbeth Nielsen, was born in Caernarvon.
A memory of Caernarfon contributed by Gwenn Selvaggio

William Titterton's Butcher Shop

Caernarfon, the High Street Post Office 1921

William Titterton and his son had a Butcher Shop on this street. He was a pork butcher.
A memory of Caernarfon contributed by Gwenn Selvaggio