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Category Archives: Crafts
The village blacksmiths
This forge has been the village smithy for generations. As you walk down Feidr Fawr towards Tegfan, you’ll see J E Thomas and Son on the righthand side, not long after leaving the main road. It doesn’t look special – just … Continue reading
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Tagged Blacksmith, Dinas, Dinas Cross, J E Thomas and Son, Pembrokeshire, Smith, Tegfan, y gof
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Last minute presents anyone?
Natalie’s beautiful beads were on sale at Dinas’s Christmas market in the old school (Yr Hen Ysgol). Natalie usually just makes the beads for family and friends – it’s a hobby that she enjoys. However, I noticed that her stall … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, Dinas, Dinas Cross, hand-made jewellery, Pembrokeshire, Tegfan, Yr Hen Ysgol
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Driven to reading
Bridget and Barbara have been commuting through Dinas for the past four years, from their homes in Newport and Newcastle Emlyn to their beautiful ‘Seaways’ bookshop in Fishguard’s West Street. The shop has been there a long time, but was rescued … Continue reading
Posted in Art, books, Crafts, Welsh language
Tagged advent calendar, bookshop, crafts, Dinas, Dinas Cross, independent, Pembrokeshire, Seaways, Tegfan
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What to do with all that seaweed
Personally, I don’t do much with seaweed, but I’ve been given a couple of good ideas in Dinas. The first suggestion came from a man who was pushing a wheel barrow full of seaweed up from Aberfforest beach. He told … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Food, Nature
Tagged Anny Carson-Clash, crafts, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Fishguard Market, lampshade, Pembrokeshire, Tegfan, Yr Hen Ysgol
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From Dinas to Tenby and back
I’ve no idea why this lovely shop is called Tenby House. Can anyone tell me? It’s been on West Street in Fishguard for as long as I can remember. It looks like the archetypal shop – the sort that children … Continue reading
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Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, DVD rental, Fishguard, Fishguard shops, Ian Page, magazines, newsagents, newspapers, stationery, Tenby House
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Len Rees’ wonderful wall
Len Rees is a Dinas potter with a garden wall that celebrates his friends, family and neighbours, both as models and contributing artists. Here are just a few in more detail. Click on a face for a close-up view. The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Crafts
Tagged artists, Dinas, Dinas Cross, exhibition, for sale, gallery, local artist, Pembrokeshire, Potter, pottery, Tegfan
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What does a newly retired teacher do?
Nick is so newly retired that his name in Google brings you to Fishguard High School (Ysgol Bro Gwaun) where, as head of the art department, he was responsible for the art policy and high ratings from his ex-students. He … Continue reading
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Tagged art teacher, Dinas, Dinas Cross, furniture maker, furniture restoration, Nicholas Kinver, Nick Kinver, Pembrokeshire, retired, studio, teacher, Tegfan, workshop, Yr Hen Ysgol
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(Not) Sleeping with wild animals
I must have seemed an awkward and stubborn child. On our summer holidays in Dinas I was lucky to have a bedroom to myself. The sunny room was quite delightful and I slept on a feather bed that I knew … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, History, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged Dinas, edwardian, furnishing, Pembrokeshire, style, taste, Taxidermy, victorian
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How well do you know your cawl spoons? (A quiz)
Cawl (more of that another time) was traditionally eaten with a wooden spoon. If, like me, you don’t fancy the idea of eating soup from the sort of wooden spoon you might use for stirring cake mixture, let me assure … Continue reading
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Tagged cawl, cawl spoon, Dinas, Pembrokeshire, soup, Tegfan, wooden spoons
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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
The traditional Pembrokeshire cottage
Although Tegfan had a new roof, a new floor and a new front door in the 1960s and has recently had a new kitchen, bathrooms, roof lights and central heating, it remains, esentially a small, traditional Pembrokeshire cottage. Its walls … Continue reading
Posted in books, Crafts, History
Tagged architecture, cottage, Dinas Cross, domestic, Pembrokeshire, Tegfan, Wales
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Self sufficiency in West Wales
Sally Seymour’s lovely scraper board illustrations*are based on the farm near Dinas where the Seymour family strove to become self-sufficient in the 1970s. The illustrations appear in the book Self-Sufficiency – The Science and Art of Producing and Preserving … Continue reading
Posted in Art, books, Crafts, Farming
Tagged Carningli Press, Dinas, farming, John Seymour, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Sally Seymour, self-sufficiency, small holding, Tegfan, Wales
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Tegfan, Dinas Cross 