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Tag Archives: Pembrokeshire
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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Welsh Rugby
Just in case you are thinking of combining a visit to Tegfan with a trip to the Cardiff Millennium Stadium, here are the important dates to bear in mind: Wales v Italy – Sat 4th Feb 2014 Wales v France … Continue reading
Posted in Sport, Welsh language
Tagged 6 nations, Cardiff Millennium Stadium, Dinas Cross, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, Pembrokeshire, Rugby, Singing, Tegfan, Wales, Welsh National Anthem
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The lime kilns on the Dinas coast
There are lime kilns at Pwllgwaelod, Aberfforest and Newport, sited on the beaches for the convenience of transport which, for heavy bulky material like limestone and coal, used to be by boat. The kilns are probably about 200 years old … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Sea
Tagged Coastal path, Dinas Cross, Lime kiln, limestone, Pembrokeshire, Tegfan, Wales
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Objets trouvés
The first time that I went to Jim Ede’s beautiful gallery house in Cambridge, I was struck by the familiarity of the found objects that sat so comfortably among the 20th Century art in Kettle’s Yard. These stones could have come … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Sea
Tagged beach, Dinas Cross, Jim Ede, Kettles Yard, Objets trouves, pebbles, Pembrokeshire, stones, Tegfan, Wales
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Self sufficiency in West Wales
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
Posted in Art, books, Crafts, Farming
Tagged Carningli Press, Dinas, farming, John Seymour, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Sally Seymour, self-sufficiency, small holding, Tegfan, Wales
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The smell of gorse flowers in the sunshine
The smell of gorse in the sunshine brings back my childhood. It was a plant that I knew only in Dinas and I called it eithin. When I learnt its English name, some years later, I thought it an incongruously … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Welsh language
Tagged childhood, Dinas Cross, eithin, gorse, memories, Pembrokeshire, smells, Tegfan, Wales, welsh language
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Welsh Cakes on a planc (or How many Joneses can you fit into one publishing house?)
Bobby Freeman, the author of this little book* and many others, has run a restaurant in Fishguard and knows all about the cooking of West Wales. Here is her recipe for Welsh Cakes (Pice ar y maen) which need to … Continue reading
Posted in books, Food
Tagged bakestone, baking, Bobby Freeman, cooking, Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, planc, recipe, Tegfan, Wales, welsh cakes, West Wales, y Lolfa
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Film locations
The Pembrokeshire coastline is so dramatic, wild, picturesque and undeveloped that it has inevitably featured in a number of films. Richard Burton’s Under Milk Wood was made in Fishguard Lower Town, and more recently Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood was filmed on … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged Cwm yr Eglwys, Dinas, film, locations, Pembrokeshire, S4, St Brynach's churchyard, Tegfan, Wales
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Landscape and Light for Artists
Pembrokeshire is full of art galleries, artists’ studios and memories of well known figures from the art world. Graham Sutherland, who left a collection of his paintings to Wales first visited Pembrokeshire in 1934 and said it was the place … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged acrylic, artists, Coastal path, Dinas, oils, painting, Pembrokeshire, Tegfan, Wales, watercolour
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R M Lockley at Dinas
The eminent naturalist, R M Lockley, whose book on the private life of the rabbit inspired Richard Adams’ ‘Watership Down’, spent the war years on Dinas Island Farm. ‘The Island Farmers’ (first published in 1946) is a fascinating account of … Continue reading
Posted in books, Wildlife
Tagged bird-watching, Birding, Coastal path, Dinas, Island Farm, naturalist, Oxfam, Pembrokeshire, R M Lockley, Tegfan, Wales, wild-life, winter
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Tegfan, Dinas Cross 