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Part 1: Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me
My next posts will be published one a day during this week so that I can share with you our research into a puzzling list of names on a gravestone in Nevern. I’ll be writing of the lives of the ladies that are listed and the circumstances … Continue reading
Posted in History, Religion
Tagged Bowen, Dinas, evacuees, Llwyngwair, Nevern, Salvation Army, St Brynach's Church, world war 2
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How Dinas out-shone London
These were the railings of my childhood. Growing up in postwar London, all we had were stumps where iron railings had been removed to aid the war effort. Thousands of tons of decorative iron work, as well as aluminium and … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, History
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, gates, iron railings, world war 2
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Our blue-eyed boy (and another mystery solved)
It would be churlish to ignore totally the little man on the left. He was the Secretary of State for Air, Howard Kingsley Wood, and his visit to RAF Kidbrooke in 1939 occasioned the arrival of the photographer and hence … Continue reading
Posted in History, Religion
Tagged blitz, Dinas, Dinas Cross, east end, evacuees, Llwyngwair Manor, Nevern, the Bowen Family, world war 2
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