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The Rivals, Gwynedd
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Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire Photographic Memories
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Gwynedd memories
My memories of Clynnog years ago were good ones, Halloween was our favourite time, we used to just pull gates off hinges, and leave them. The atmosphere of Clynnog then was very happy and innocent, no one to hurt anyone, all neighbours happy to help each other. We climbed mountains, and were gone for hours with no worries of danger,went swimming... [more]
Shared on 11 January 2009
Do You Know Tony and Roberta Williams of Nefyn?
My memorys of Nefyn:
Our family used to stay on a caravan site just outside Nefyn village up by the little garage and football pitch. We came from Liverpool, and me and my sisters Ann and Tereasa and brother Gary spent hours on the football field. We are all Evertonians. We met a couple of kids about our age, say between... [more]
Shared on 12 May 2009
Our family stayed in a caravan on Mrs Botts farm Tyn-y-Cae every other year during the 1940s-1950s. It usually rained for most of the holiday but it was father's rule that we (himself, my older sister and myself) climbed the mountain behind the farm and mother would wave a tablecloth from the field once we had reached the top, which took... [more]
Shared on 03 August 2008
This was my idea of heaven. For 7 years during my early childhood we went to Nefyn for 2 weeks during the summer. Dad always rented a beach hut to "brew up in" and hold the deckchairs and swimming stuff. The highlight of the holidays was going fishing for mackeral in "Dick Jones boat" Happy times just playing cricket on the... [more]
Shared on 09 July 2008
The beach cafe shown in the photo entitled 'the anchorage' was owned and run by my aunts, the Misses Miriam and Evelyn Wales, whose father moved to Morfa Nefyn in the late 1800s to take charge of the cable station linked to Ireland. Also my brother was born in the cottage which is sideways on to the sea. Apart... [more]
Shared on 08 September 2006
I first came to Capel Uchaf after my family returned from Australia. My grandmother was Mary Griffith who was living in Capel Uchaf, also there were my uncles Dick and Elved as well as aunts Rachel, Marion and Sarah Wynn. My grandfather Grifith Griffith had died earlier. This was my mother's family and she was Annie Griffith. I remember arriving at... [more]
Shared on 08 April 2008
At Sir Josiah Masons Orphanage in Birmingham where I was bought up from 8 - 16 years old we ran both Guide and Scout troops. During our senior years we went to camp at Abererch in the Summer holidays and this was an event that was anticipated with relish, months in advance by those entitled to go.
The camp always coincided... [more]
Shared on 13 February 2008
The memories of Troed Yr Allt make me smile. I have family connections with Pwllheli.
One of my cousins was a teacher at Troed Yr Allt. She now lives there!
Shared on 27 January 2010
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Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire Photographic Memories
William Gladstone laid the foundation stone for this impressive building in 1899 and donated his library of 250,000 books; after his death his family built a further wing in 1906, to the right of the porch block, to provide accommodation for resident students. It still thrives today as a place for reflective study, and ensures that Gladstone's legacy continues.
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Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire Photographic Memories
The path beckons the visitor to venture into the woods to discover the story that this castle might tell. The large keep peers over the trees in a show of strength, but the castle was mostly in ruins when this photograph was taken, and the gardens were as much the attraction to visitors as the castle was.
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Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire Photographic Memories
Noted for being the home of William Gladstone, who is commemorated by the water fountain on the right, Hawarden has a long history. The scene here is little altered today. The curious row of arches beyond the hotel are said to be the site of the medieval shambles or shops, and some are now converted to a bus shelter. The horses and carriage perhaps wait for visitors from the entrance to the old castle.
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