Tag Archives: Newport

Menna Gallie – For when you’ve read your Dylan Thomas

Posted on November 25, 2014 by bookvolunteer

We are nearing the end of Dylan Thomas’ centenary year. I hope that all fans have re-read ‘Under Milk Wood’ a few times in these past months and now have a little gap in the reading schedule before reminding themselves … Continue reading →

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Catch a few crows

Posted on November 11, 2014 by bookvolunteer

Jane Seymour is an artist with a strong connection to our part of West Wales, having spent much of her childhood on her parents’ farm near Newport. Her father (John Seymour)’s guides to running a small-holding, beautifully illustrated by Sally Seymour, were … Continue reading →

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What’s going on in the Memorial Hall, Newport?

Posted on October 31, 2014 by bookvolunteer

When you are in Dinas make sure you find out what is going on in Newport’s Memorial Hall; it’s only three miles down the road. The building was constructed in 1922 as a memorial to local men who died in the first … Continue reading →

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John Brett’s holiday rental

Posted on August 8, 2014 by bookvolunteer

When the artist, John Brett, decided to paint on the coast of West Wales in the 1880s he became a regular summer visitor to the Dinas area, renting Newport Castle to accommodate his large family. This was handy for visits to the bays … Continue reading →

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Welsh Ships and Sailing Men

Posted on April 1, 2014 by bookvolunteer

I have bought this delightful book and shall be adding it our collection. What a treat! Just the thought of it sitting expectantly on our shelves, should tempt you down to Tegfan to read it. J Geraint Jenkins, who was … Continue reading →

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A winter walk round Dinas Head

Posted on January 24, 2014 by bookvolunteer

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Same old same old

Posted on November 8, 2013 by bookvolunteer

Had we kept all the post-cards received over the years, our long-standing family connections with Dinas mean that we would now be able to paper a room with versions of this one. The countryside side around Dinas is one of the … Continue reading →

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A non-conformist guide to the Middle East

Posted on October 15, 2013 by bookvolunteer

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 →

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Self sufficiency in West Wales

Posted on September 10, 2013 by bookvolunteer

  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 →

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