Tag Archives: Tegfan

A mystery solved

Posted on June 27, 2014 by bookvolunteer

While I have been trying to identify the people in this photograph (all deacons of Tabor Chapel, Dinas), I have become increasingly fascinated by them. I’m interested in what I can guess of their characters but also the possible significance of their style of hats, beards … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, History, Religion, Sea | Tagged 1915, Deaconate, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Tabor, Tegfan | 11 Comments

More tales from the rubbish heap

Posted on June 24, 2014 by bookvolunteer

I’m sure that the people who now live in this lovely house don’t realise that their flourishing hedge came from a rubbish heap in Fishguard. We moved into this house 25 years ago and knew that the unfinished thin front wall needed … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged Balham, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Fishguard, front gardens, hedge plants, Pembrokeshire, Pentney Road, S W 12, Tegfan | Leave a comment

Handmade dolls – Welsh Working Women

Posted on June 17, 2014 by bookvolunteer

These beautiful dolls are made by Nicola Owen in Newport. You might also find them on sale in the Seaways Bookshop, Fishguard.

Posted in Crafts | Tagged crafts, Dinas, Dinas Cross, dolls, Fishguard, Newport Pembs, Nicola Owen, Pembrokeshire, Seaways Bookshop, Tegfan | 1 Comment

Which of these are works of art?

Posted on June 13, 2014 by bookvolunteer

Click on the first picture for the answers. The brilliant Yorkshire Sculpture Park notes: Serge Spitzer’s work is concerned with human perception. Through performance art and sculpture in a wide variety of materials, he raises questions about the process of looking, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Crafts, Farming, History, Walking | Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, farm machinery, Pembrokeshire, Preselis, Tegfan, Yorkshire Sculpture Park | 1 Comment

Wild horses on the Preselis

Posted on June 10, 2014 by bookvolunteer

You can often see horses, roaming wild in the Preselis around Dinas. They seem to be quite friendly and may come close to you if you stop for a rest while out walking. I remember, as a child, being encouraged … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Nature, Walking, Wildlife | Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, hills, mountain ponies, mountains, Pembrokeshire, Preseli, Tegfan, Wild Horses | Leave a comment

An acquired taste

Posted on June 6, 2014 by bookvolunteer

If you associate corrugated iron with shanty town poverty – a cheap, light, waterproof building material that soon crumbles into rusty shards – you might be surprised by the ‘Tin Tabernacles’, some of which are listed buildings, or Dinas’ Mercury Garage. I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Mercury Garage, Pembrokeshire, Tegfan | 5 Comments

A blank slate

Posted on June 3, 2014 by bookvolunteer

I no longer flinch and go into shutdown when I hear the phrase ‘Ordovician mudstone’ because Andrew Lingham (geologist and recent Tegfan visitor) has taught me a little and encouraged me to read further: http://www.pembrokeshireonline.co.uk/geology2.htm. This is obviously a simplified … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Nature, Sea | Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Geology, slate, Tegfan, West Wales | 2 Comments

How long have you had your surname?

Posted on May 13, 2014 by bookvolunteer

I have been wondering why most of the common Welsh surnames end with an ‘s’: Jones, Edwards, Davies, Harries, Philips, Evans, Howells, Thomas, Williams, Owens, Hughes, Roberts, Jenkins, Stevens, Lewis, Richards and more. This observation lead me to think further about … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Welsh language | Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, education, family history, George family, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, N W Frontier Province, Pembrokeshire, Peshawar, School, Tegfan, Welsh surnames, working children | 4 Comments

Don’t let the sheep lead you astray

Posted on May 6, 2014 by bookvolunteer

Don’t let the sheep lead you astray when you walk on the mountain above Dinas. They won’t try to disturb walkers, in fact they are generally timid and scamper away even when you are keen to take a photo, but they … Continue reading →

Posted in books, Farming, History, Walking | Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, paths, Pembrokeshire, Preselis, sheep, Tegfan | 4 Comments

First quarry your stone ….

Posted on May 2, 2014 by bookvolunteer

Until recently, if you wanted to build in Dinas, you dug the stone out of the hill-side first. The first Baptist chapel in Dinas was built at the end of the eighteenth century. After acquiring the land “preparations were made … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Crafts, History | Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Macpela, Pembrokeshire, Preselis, quarries, quarrying, Stan Posenthal, Tabor, Tegfan | Leave a comment

Cwm-yr-Eglwys regatta

Posted on April 29, 2014 by bookvolunteer

The first Cwm-yr-Eglwys regatta took place in 1899 – planned in a hurry when Newport decided to abandon its regatta for that year. There was much enthusiasm in the village and Dinas residents determined to put the Fishguard regatta in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts, History, Sport | Tagged 2015, August, Charlotte Cowley, Cwm yr Eglwys, Dinas, Dinas Cross, handmade cards, Pembrokeshire, regatta, regatta dates, Tegfan | 2 Comments

A treat for horse lovers

Posted on April 25, 2014 by bookvolunteer

This year’s Grand National Favourite – TeaForThree – was trained just down the road from Tegfan, at Aber Fforest. Tegfan is very close to the racing stables of Rebecca Curtis who trains a string of horses at Fforest Farm, just off … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea, Sport | Tagged Aber Fforest, Dinas, Dinas Cross, horse riding, Pembrokeshire, racing stables, Rebecca Curtis, stables, Tegfan | Leave a comment