Nostalgic memories of Llanbedr's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Unfortunately the mill is now a ruin, although the best view is from across the river where parts of the wall are still standing in 2013. My great grandfather, John Owen, was a woollen manufacturer born in Pennant Menangell in 1831. His wife, my great grandmother, was Elizabeth Rogers born in Llanfyllin in 1845. According to the 1891 census he was living and working at this mill (known as Bezer) with ...see more
1954 and beyond really. I was born in 1949, and lived at No1 Tan Yr Ywen, with my mother. My late father John, died in in 1953(or 4) and as my dear mother has Altzeimers, memories of him are non-existant apart from a few sepia photos. Anyway, I went to Tal y Bont School the headmistress at the time was Mrs Griffidds known as 'scruffan'? My earliest memories are of my paternal grandmother Annie, who ...see more