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Pentrefoelas| Penmachno| Rhydlydan| Cwm Penmachno| Betws-Y-Coed| Bryn Llwelyn| Pont-Y-Pant| Lledr Valley| Dolwyddelan
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Memories of Ysbyty Ifan
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Gwynedd memories
Summer Holidays.
I spent many happy holidays with my grandparents John and Alice Hughes at Bron Cadnant, much of the time in the two rivers/streams that come together near the house. I was taught how to fly fish by my grandfather and my Uncle Bob who lived in a shop almost opposite the church in the village. I remember visiting Hafod-lom where by mother was brought up with her father and mother - now under water at Llyn Brenig. One activity I'll never forget was turning a 'churn' for what seemed like hours to make butter and llaeth enwyn - I loved the salted butter which was almost white with beads of water on it, I've only very recently got to like llaeth enwyn :) I think Auntie Avril still lives nearby, closer to Cerrig-y-Drudion. I could go on and on. Hwyl Arwel (once of Henllan)
Anyone Remember The Chapel by Cyfyng Cottage Near Ty Mawr National Trust House?
A family member owns Cyfyng Cottage which is attached to the old Presbyterian Chapel that was used by people of the Wybrnant Valley from about 1850 until the 1960s. The chapel is situated high up on the road to Ty Mawr which Bishop Morgan lived and translated the Bible into Welsh. During the week the chapel was used as a school with children walking up to 3 miles to get there, then on a Sunday it held services. Can anyone remember going to this school or chapel or indeed have any photos or memories of it? I suppose the nearest village is Penmachno about 3 miles away.
Cyfyng Chapel/school
In reply to Christine Conroy re. Cyfyng chapel/school, in the Wybrnant valley, Penmachno. Despite being a few yards on the Dolwyddelan side of Afon Wybrnant, the 'border' betwen Penmachno and Dolwyddelan parishes, Cyfyng school was opened in the chapel in 1900, for the benefit of children from the lower parts of Penmachno parish. It was one of SIX schools in this large parish just before the First World War, teaching a total of over 370 pupils. 25 pupils went through its doors on opening day in 1900, and a photo exists of that momentus gathering. At most, some 32 pupils attended Cyfyng school, during the 1920s. It closed down in 1958, with seven of the remaining eight pupils transferred to Penmachno primary school, and the other to Dolwyddelan, I believe. The remarkable thing is that the school was never connected to electricity, or mains water. Oil lamps and well water was the order of the day. What would health and safety officers say about that today! Cwm Penmachno... Read more
Ddol Terace
Hello. This is not so much a memory as a request. After the war my dad and mum moved to Cwm Penmachno from Liverpool with my younger sister and myself. I was four and a half years old. My dad had a job driving a motor car for a veterinary surgeon by the name of W. O. Jones. We lived at number 3 Ddol Terrace. On 27 April 1951 my mum gave birth to a baby girl who was still-born. My mum and dad named her Christine. This information only came to me about twenty years ago when I started to study family history as a hobby. It has been suggested to me that my sister Christine is buried in Cwm Penmachno cemetery. I can find no record of this through official sources. It has also been suggested to me that a local, retired schoolteacher may have some record of this. Can anybody help, please? Regards. S. Fletcher
Childhood Memories
I was born in Cwm and I was always known by my middle name of Maelor, My fondest memories are playing with my friends Ken, Idwal, Iola, Anne Evans and Anne Parry to name but a few, We all used to meet after school to play, I also used to fish in the river and caught many trout with both rod and by tickling trout, I was so sad when I had to leave to find work, Sadly it was the end of a way of life because when I moved away I found a very different world to the wonderful innocent world I had known before.
First Love
1995 was the best year of my life, I was aged 13 and I was totally besotted with a lad in the village called James Power, he was working with a local builder from Penmachno called Jeremy McWilliam. I loved the way he was of being the local stud of the village, I became close to James through his sister Tammy. I would go to the local park and admire him from a distance, his family were lovely people who used to welcome me in any hour of the day. James and I went out with each other for a year and 9 months and I was totally gutted when we split up. I remembered teaching James to whistle through his fingers and we used to whistle to each other from a far distance and it used to echo for miles around and we had a secret whistle from the bottom end of the village to the other. When James let out this almighty whistle after hours of him trying,... Read more
Childhood Days in Cwm
I was born in Cwm went to school there and have happy memories of playing with Brian Evans, Eric Hughes, William John Roberts, Gareth Hughes and many others. Our cricket pitch was by the slate quarry tips in Swch and the football field was anywhere there was enough room to kick a ball.
I went to Llanrwst Grammar School, left at 16 and went to work in the Forestry Commission until I was called up to the army in 1955. My parents moved to Liverpool during my time in the army and that was the last I saw of Cwm for many a year.
My family and I went back there in 1978 (at this time we are living in Australia)and found the place changed considerably. There weren't many people I recognised!
At the moment I trying to find some of the children that played together in the early 1950s, but no luck so far.
