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Category Archives: History
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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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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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
Good teachers make a difference
I have two sets of great-grandparents who were born and brought up in Dinas. They were born in the 1840s and I don’t know whether or not they went to school. Judging from John Hughes’ depressing account of Education in … Continue reading
Read this and rage against stupid educationalists
If you have strong feelings on the positive value of a bi-lingual education, or indeed any education at all, be warned that there are parts of this wonderful book that will make your blood boil. The Story of Education in … 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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Tegfan, Dinas Cross 