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Tag Archives: Dinas Cross
Help me discover why 1897 has disappeared.
I want to know what happened in 1897 in Dinas. It was Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Year and the year that Hannah Jane George died of typhoid but the whole year is missing from the archived back copies of our … Continue reading
4d to save a life.
On September 5th 1897, Hannah Jane George (my great-aunt) died at the age of 24. She had contracted typhoid from drinking water from a well. I don’t know what other sort of water she could have chosen to drink as there … Continue reading
Built with a tiny carbon footprint
The old houses in Dinas were built with local materials. The stone came from quarries in the village and the the roof slates didn’t travel much further as there were slate quarries within a few miles. Sand came from local beaches … Continue reading
Pwnc (to rhyme with Nunc)
Being the child of a mixed marriage – mother from a Catholic background and father from a Protestant, non-conformist, family – I had thought that those two versions of Christianity were at opposite ends of a very broad spectrum. But Whitsun … Continue reading
Posted in History, Religion, Welsh language
Tagged Baptist chapel, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire
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A farmer at Hescwm
This is the only photo I have of my great-grandfather, Stephen George, standing alone, in his soft, comfortable, everyday clothes. The other photos that have survived show him as a ‘pillar of the community‘ or ‘pater familias’ – his place in the group … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, History, Nature, Walking
Tagged Bank House, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Hescwm
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From Hescwm to London via Swansea
This photograph comes from a period of my grandfather’s life that I knew nothing about until recently. I had always assumed that Evan George went straight from Hescwm Farm, Dinas to an apprenticeship on the barque ‘Glance’ at Swansea and then, when … Continue reading
Posted in History, Transport
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Hescwm, London Fire Brigade, SS Highland Glen
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Train spotting in the Preselis
Fishguard Harbour, the nearest station to Dinas, is the end of the line. Your only options are to take the ferry to Ireland, at 2.30 am or 2.30 pm, or go south towards Carmarthen. As there are only seven trains a … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, History, Transport, Walking
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Disused railways
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One Christmas card that escaped the recycling
This Christmas card was sent to my great aunt Paulina, probably some time in the late 1890s. By 1903 she was employed as a teaching assistant at Dinas school (paid £35* per year) and would shortly marry Thomas Maurice, the … Continue reading
Improving literature
When the Welsh non-conformist chapels had congregations that filled the pews and most households owned a family bible that was large enough to record the family’s births and deaths on blank pages, the other devotional book with which most chapel-goers were familiar … Continue reading
The foolishness of tax avoidance
The sea wall at Cwm yr Eglwys was built to protect the graveyard after the great storm of 1859 had destroyed the Church and the sea threatened to encroach further and further inland with gruesome and distressing consequences. The Rev. Jones (writing … Continue reading
Posted in History, Sea
Tagged Cwm yr Eglwys, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, Sea wall
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Garnwen’s Gourmet Goats
The photo above was taken from Garnwen, a rocky outcrop at the Fishguard end of Dinas. This was one of my favourite places, as a child on holiday in Dinas. I loved running over the rocks to the top where … Continue reading
Carpets of spring flowers at Castell Henllys
Castell Henllys in mid April – gorgeous weather and wonderful spring flowers. Many thanks to Ann Hughes for the photos.
Tegfan, Dinas Cross 