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Category Archives: History
Meet the Miller’s Wife
Jane Hall, who introduced herself as ‘The Miller’s Wife’, brings her wonderful bread and flour to Fishguard market on Thursdays. The flour is produced at ‘Y Felin’, adjacent to the 12th century Abbey at St Dogmaels. The Abbey itself is … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Food, History
Tagged bread making, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Fishguard, market, St Dogmael's, stoneground flour, Tegfan
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Definitely not the Bullingdon Club ….. but what ?
These stylish young men with their buttonholes, watch-chains, gorgeous neckwear, folded hankies and smoking paraphernalia look as if they were posing for the camera on a special occasion. The photo was probably taken round about 1900 in Dinas. Could they … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, History, Sea
Tagged Captain John Walters, Dinas, Dinas Cross, North Pembrokeshire, Wedding
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Sawdust but no spit (or acquired taste 3)
We’re going to a pub. We’re going to set off from Dinas and drive along roads that are so narrow that you should pay attention to the passing places because sooner or later you’ll have to reverse to allow an on-coming … Continue reading
Posted in Food, History, Walking
Tagged architect, Christopher Day, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Foel Cwm Cerwyn, folk museum, food, local beers, Pembrokeshire, Preseli top, pub, Rosebush, sedum roof, tafarn Sinc, turf roof
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Siop y Sgwar (or acquired taste 2)
Have a look at this! You don’t have to go to Reykjavik to see the glorious potential of paint and corrugated iron. Maenclochog’s Siop y Sgwar glows at the centre of the village and invites you to stop, admire its bold presence and get … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Welsh language
Tagged corrugated iron building, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Maenclochog, siop y sgwar, Village shop
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I know I’m probably over-reacting but
I was personally affronted that Pembrokeshire doesn’t feature in the index of this little book that I have bought for the Tegfan book shelves. The author is Jean-Pierre Mohen who has a doctorate in prehistory from the Sorbonne and has written … Continue reading
The Sea Captain’s bookshelf
Anyone studying family history in the Dinas area or merely haunting the graveyards to read the tombstones will know that too many mariners died at sea. Board of Trade inquiries into maritime disasters in the 19th century showed that a ship … Continue reading
Posted in History, Sea
Tagged catechism of the Laws of Storms, Dinas, Dinas Cross, master mariner, Pembrokeshire, sea captain, ship wrecks
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Help needed. Can you tell us anything about this sailing ship?
One of this blog’s followers, to whom I am probably related, would love to know more about this ship. The picture hung in her grandparents’ house in Brynhenllan for as long as anyone can remember but nobody in the family … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Sea
Tagged Bryn Henllan, Dinas, Dinas Cross, family history, maritime history, Pembrokeshire, Sailing ship
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From Welsh to London Welsh
Some time towards the end of the 1860s, my distant cousin, Thomas George, moved from Llanwnda near Strumble Head in North Pembrokeshire to South West London, where he worked as a carpenter, married and brought up his large family. Had he … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, History, Sea
Tagged economic migration, Llanwnda, London Welsh, male clerks, Pembrokeshire
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The Windrush
Until a few weeks ago this canvas lay hidden, rolled up in a trunk in the attic of a Dinas cottage where it had probably lain undisturbed for 100 years or so. The painting belonged to Capt John Walters, known … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Sea
Tagged Capt John Walters, Dinas, Dinas Cross, master mariner, Windrush
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Who messed up?
You may have admired the 1000 year old cross at Nevern and noticed that the top doesn’t fit on the bottom as it should. The stone masons who created the cross were clearly competent and the stone is weather resistant … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Crafts, History, Religion
Tagged Carew Cross, Celtic Cross, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Nevern Cross, Pembrokeshire
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Ducks and Drakes
If you are on the beach at Dinas’ Aberbach or Aberfforest it won’t take you long to gather a handful of perfect ‘duck and drake’ slates from the high-tide line. While you are skimming them across the water, here is a … Continue reading
Posted in books, History, Sea, Sport
Tagged beach, children's game, Dinas, Dinas Cross, ducks and drakes, skimming stones, slates, stone shipping
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Fifty years too late
This photograph of Cwm yr Eglwys Churchyard, taken in 2005, gives a false impression of timelessness. This scene has not remained unchanged for centuries. The 1859 storm that destroyed the Church (while a service was taking place – miraculously there were … Continue reading
Posted in History, Religion, Sea, Uncategorized
Tagged Cwm yr Eglwys, Dinas, Dinas Cross, family history, history, St Brynach's Church
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Tegfan, Dinas Cross 