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- Plant a tree in ’73 – View the scene in 2016
- Surprise visitor
- Undergrounding
- Red Kites in Dinas
- Our Aunt Emily
- Truly free range eggs in Dinas
- The Frenchman’s Feet
- Mudlarking at Newport
- Bara Brith – 5* review
- Sneak Preview
- Gedeon
- What would John James Esq think?
- Strung along in Dinas
- Threads
- A scattering of sheep
- Ty Twt: a little museum in Newport
- The best of all possible worlds
- At anchor on the heavenly shore
- Part 7: Unknown lives. Guesses, Slivers of Information and Cul-de-sacs
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Surprise visitor
Vicky Moller, local Plaid Cymru candidate, called this afternoon. She is standing for election to the National Assembly for Wales, on May 5th. She’s third on Plaid Cymru’s Mid and West regional list. Canvassing on the doorstep is a brilliant way to gauge … Continue reading
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Tagged Dinas, Plaid Cymru, Vicky Moller, Welsh assembly elections 2016
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Red Kites in Dinas
The two red kites I failed to photograph were above the flat path between Pwllgwaelod and Cwmyreglwys. The beautiful birds didn’t seem in a hurry and turned our rather unexciting walk into a wonderful opportunity to observe their flying display. For brilliant … Continue reading
Our Aunt Emily
Aunt Emily earned her place among the sea captains of Dinas by having spent nine years at sea, mainly on the poop deck of the ‘Comliebank’. John Griffiths, her nephew, standing third from the left in the back row, coaxed her … Continue reading
Posted in History, Sea
Tagged Albatross, Australia, Canada, Captain's wife, Chile, Comliebank, Dinas, Port Germien, Sailing ships, Sydney
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Truly free range eggs in Dinas
Look on the pavement just to the left of Dinas’ petrol station and you’ll find this black, water-proof box. Open it up and you’ll find egg boxes, free-range eggs and a money box so that you can make your purchase. ‘Free-range’ can … Continue reading
The Frenchman’s Feet
The Frenchman Motel*, Goodwick, that hosted bands such as Status Quo, The Tremeloes, The Trogs, Sassafras and Elvis Costello in the 1970s has long gone. Did these feet bop along with the fans that were drawn to the events in … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, History
Tagged 1970s, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Frenchman's Motel, Goodwick
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Mudlarking at Newport
The River Nevern must have carried and dropped this weighty item into the estuarial mud and its origins are clear to anyone willing to stop and read. The Goodwick brickworks, established in 1908 just a year after the arrival of the Great Western railway, produced … Continue reading
Sneak Preview
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
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Gedeon
Coflein tells us that Gideon Independent Chapel was built in 1830, restored in 1930 and again in 1960. The present chapel…. is built in the Vernacular style with a long-wall entry plan. The facade dates from 1830 with improvements made in … Continue reading
What would John James Esq think?
The plot of land, generously donated by John James to the Temperance Cause, now houses Fishguard’s Theatr Gwaun. It not only serves alcohol in its friendly bar but allows us to take the glass into the auditorium. Is John James, who supported the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Farming, History, Religion
Tagged Dinas, Fishguard, Temperance, Theatr Gwaun
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Strung along in Dinas
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
Tegfan, Dinas Cross 