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Here are some Welsh words you already know
I’ll confess to taking comfort from ‘to-do’ lists. Most of my lists are very long and get lost or abandoned well before they have properly outlived their usefulness. But when I’m feeling over-whelmed by the backlog of tasks that I … Continue reading
Posted in books, Welsh language
Tagged BBC Wales, Derek Brockway, language learning, Welsh
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Same old same old
Had we kept all the post-cards received over the years, our long-standing family connections with Dinas mean that we would now be able to paper a room with versions of this one. The countryside side around Dinas is one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Nature, Sea, Walking, Wildlife
Tagged art gallery, artist, Coastal path, Cwm yr Eglwys, Newport, Pembrokeshire, post cards, prints, Sarah Earl
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Rubbish
In the old days, before poor people had much to throw away and before bin men were invented, one Dinas solution was to throw rubbish over the edge of the cliffs. There can’t have been much: waste food would have gone to … Continue reading
Posted in History, Walking
Tagged archeology, crockery, Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, pottery, recycling, rubbish heap
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To Harrods for satin pantaloons
In my role as a book volunteer in Wilmslow’s Oxfam shop, I’m constantly delighted by the enormous range, quality and quantity of donated books. When this wonderful book came onto my desk I lingered over it, remembering a childhood experience … Continue reading
Posted in books, History, Sea
Tagged bloomers, Captain, Dinas, Dinas Cross, fashion, Harrods, mail order, master mariner, oil tanker, pantaloons, Pembrokeshire, Rotterdam
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How do you say ‘Eglwyswrw’
I remember, with a pleasing glow of satisfaction, the look of surprise on a stranger’s face when, in a conversation through the car window that occurred because we were well and truly lost in narrow lanes between Newport and Cardigan, … Continue reading
Posted in Welsh language
Tagged Dinas Cross, Eglwyswrw, Llanychaer, Mynachlogddu, Pembrokeshire, place-names, pronunciation, Scleddau, Welsh
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Windblown Hawthorn trees
According to the Met Office, Wales is one of the windier parts of the UK and the windiest areas are over high ground and along the coast. Look at the Hawthorn trees along the cliff-tops as you walk the Pembrokeshire … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Walking
Tagged cliffs, Dinas, hawthorn, Pembrokeshire coast path, wind, windblown
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The first petrol station in Dinas
Remember petrol stations where an attendant waited on the forecourt to serve petrol and accepted payment without the driver having to leave the car? This pump, in Ravenglass, reminded me of the petrol station in Bwlch Mawr, Dinas. The pumps … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Bwlch Mawr, Dinas Cross, Garden Terrace, Pembrokeshire, petrol attendant, petrol station
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A non-conformist guide to the Middle East
The density of chapels in this sparsely populated corner of Wales repays some study and the names transport the passer-by to the Middle East*. Some chapels survive as places of worship, many have been abandoned and others been converted to residential … Continue reading
Posted in History, Religion
Tagged Baptist, chapels, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Fishguard, Methodist, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Tegfan
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The village shops
If your preparation for a self catering holiday at Tegfan involves tracking down the nearest Tesco and putting in your normal order plus some extras, please pause for a moment. There is an alternative to consider. Driving along Feidr Fawr … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged corner shop, Dinas Cross, Kiel Hose, Mace, Pembrokeshire, Tegfan, Tesco, Village shop
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Aberbach in 1930
I think this photo was taken in Dinas’ Aberbach beach in about 1930. Apart from the style of boys’ swimming costumes, nothing much has changed.
Posted in History, Sea
Tagged Aberbach, beach, Dinas Cross, holiday, Pembrokeshire, seaside, summer, Tegfan, the 1930s, Wales
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Welsh Quilts
I’m curious to know more about these quilts. They’ve been in our family for 100 years or so. I think they must have come from Dinas (North Pembrokeshire) at the beginning of the 20th century, or perhaps earlier. They are … Continue reading
Tegfan, Dinas Cross 