Category Archives: Crafts

Bara Brith – 5* review

Posted on March 21, 2016 by bookvolunteer

The year after our visit and review, the café moved to Tabor Chapel Vestry, just along the main road towards Fishguard. It closed at the beginning of 2020 at the start of the COVID pandemic lock down. The operators decided … Continue reading →

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Sneak Preview

Posted on February 23, 2016 by bookvolunteer

Dinas’ Primary School closed in 2002 but it didn’t take long for local people to negotiate, fundraise and recruit supporters so that it could open again as ‘Yr Hen Ysgol’. There are activities on offer now for everyone, ranging from … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Crafts, Entertainment, Food, Welsh language | Tagged cafe, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Yr Hen Ysgol | Leave a comment

Strung along in Dinas

Posted on January 30, 2016 by bookvolunteer

I wonder how many of us have a little corner in the knickernsock drawer, or perhaps an old cigar box on the desk, that acts as a final repository for small sad broken items with sentimental value: dad’s gold fountain pen, mum’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts | Tagged bead re-stringing, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Kiel House | 1 Comment

Threads

Posted on January 27, 2016 by bookvolunteer

Behind this modest facade you’ll find what could be considered the HQ of the local textile craftspeople – of whom there are many. Twin sisters Catriona and Penelope, who run Jane’s Wool Shop and its lively Facebook page, have a great stock of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts | Tagged Dinas, Fishguard, Jane's Wool Shop, knitting, wool shop | 1 Comment

Ty Twt: a little museum in Newport

Posted on January 20, 2016 by bookvolunteer

We took the long route from Tegfan (Dinas) to Ty Twt (Newport), going up the mountain behind Dinas, along the ridge to Carningli and then down to Newport. It was a wonderful walk and at the very end, as we … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts, Entertainment, History, Nature, Walking, Wildlife | Tagged Dinas, dolls' house museum, Newport | 4 Comments

Wynmor Owen – sculptor

Posted on August 7, 2015 by bookvolunteer

Wynmore Owen comes from a seafaring family in Llangrannog, just 25 miles or so up the coast from Dinas but he has since moved even closer. His father and grandfather were mariners and Wynmor continues this close connection to the sea … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Crafts, Nature, Wildlife | Tagged chough, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Dinas head, Newport | Leave a comment

The teasing teasel

Posted on August 4, 2015 by bookvolunteer

As long as I can remember there have been teasels growing wild in Cilwenen. As a child in Dinas, I used to walk down to Aberbach along the Cilwenen road and my aunt (who knew that if you wasted not you … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts, History, Nature | Tagged Cilwenen, Dinas, Dinas Cross | 1 Comment

The saga of the stick and its surprise ending

Posted on July 10, 2015 by bookvolunteer

Back in the early days of the Cwm-yr-Eglwys regatta, the committee organised on an ambitious scale. In addition to the usual swimming, rowing, sailing and donkey walking (the furthest donkey taken out to sea) there were also prizes for needlework, home-grown … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts, History | Tagged 1900, Cwm-yr-Eglwys regatta, Dinas, Dinas Cross, walking stick | 1 Comment

Solva Woollen Mill

Posted on February 20, 2015 by bookvolunteer

Solva Woollen Mill, established in 1907, claims to be the oldest working woollen mill in Pembrokeshire but Tregwynt Woollen Mill, not far up the coast, has been run by the Griffiths family since 1912 and is a close contender. What’s not in … Continue reading →

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John Cleal’s Herrings

Posted on January 20, 2015 by bookvolunteer

This shoal of herrings darts through the air on the quay at Lower Town Fishguard. It’s an arresting image, reminding the passer-by of the historic importance of the herring catch to the economy of the town. The artist doesn’t get … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Crafts, History, Sea | Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Fishguard, Glyn-Y-Mel, John Cleal, Lower Fishguard, Manorowen, Workshop Wales | Leave a comment

Eirian Short – celebrated embroiderer from Dinas

Posted on January 16, 2015 by bookvolunteer

I’ve noticed that many people end up at my blog when they are googling Eirian Short, the celebrated embroiderer from Dinas. I know that there is very little on the internet about her work and I hope that this post will do something to remedy … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, books, Crafts | Tagged craft, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Eirian Short, embroidery, Goldsmiths, machine embroidery, Mandala, Pembrokeshire, textile art, The Crows | Leave a comment

How Dinas out-shone London

Posted on January 13, 2015 by bookvolunteer

These were the railings of my childhood. Growing up in postwar London, all we had were stumps where iron railings had been removed to aid the war effort. Thousands of tons of decorative iron work, as well as aluminium and … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts, History | Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, gates, iron railings, world war 2 | Leave a comment