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Blaenau Ffestiniog, From The East 1901
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Formerly the slate capital of Wales, this slate-grey mountain town is proud of its history and happily promotes its memory. The quarries, which roofed Victorian England from London to Birmingham and back, now offer various tours, and the Ffestiniog narrow-gauge railway carries passengers, rather than slate, to the coast at Porthmadoc. This sunlit view looks across the town towards the great heaps of waste from its slate mines. The railway can be seen on the left.

An extract from North Wales Photographic Memories.

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A Selection of Memories from Blaenau Ffestiniog

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Another Tourist Killed In North Wales 1885 Lucy Margaret Marzials Died Age 15 Lancaster Gazette Saturday 29 August 1885
My Ancestral 2nd cousin Lucy Margaret Marzials 1870-1885 :-An inquest was held on Monday, at the Pengwern Hctel, Festiniog, before the coroner for Merionethshire, on the body of Miss Marzials, a young lady from London, who, with her parents, had beeu on a visit to Festiniog and the slate quarries. Miss ...see more
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Manod from west 1901
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Added 10 May 2018

Edward Lloyd

My great grandfather, Edward Lloyd, emigrated to the United States from Ffestiniog. He was a famous tenor in his day and had high ranking with the Eisteddfod both in Wales, and later, in upstate, NY. I am told by a cousin, Dr. Alwyn Jones, that Lloyd descendants still reside in Teddy's boyhood home on 152/153 Manod Road. Teddy's mother, Mary (née Williams) Lloyd managed a farm/butter-making operation even ...see more
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Manod Boy.
Nice memories. Post office behind the bus, across I think was Crosville depot. There was a billiard hall on bridge somewhere. Central School till war broke out then work; Joined RN, spell in Malta, was AA Man in Bettws Y Coed for couple of years then restless so Australia. Have been back twice now only one school friend in Manod - Frank Roberts. Now 86... so not much travel left. Wales, beautiful... but oh ...see more
Blaenau Ffestiniog, High Street 1961
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Growing Up In Blaenau Ffestiniog. 1961
I was brought up in Blaenau Ffestiniog and lived there until 1971. The High Street photograph brings it all back. The shop on the extreme left of the photo was my mum's hairdressing shop and we lived in the flat above. My dad was the Superintendant Registrar and he used to marry people, usually on Saturday mornings. I well remember the lobby to his office always had bits of ...see more
Blaenau Ffestiniog, High Street 1961
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