Bethel Trip:
Rear: The late Hefin Royle of Garth yr Hwylbren in middle of back row. Eluned Royle on right of picture with white hair and wearing blue coat. In front of Eluned, the late Bessie Hughes of Y Glyn, mother of Anwen and Alun. On left: Edith Williams, MYC resident. Thanks to Margaret Roberts for this picture.
Friends and Fundraisers:
June 2009
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Above: Reminders of a fundraising event at Gernant
Above: MYC Trip to Rhyl.
Left to right - Louisa Davies, Bryniog Uchaf; Mair Owen, Plas Tirion; Bet Owen, Plas Tirion; Nell Williams, Cilcennus; Bessie Roberts, Y Glyn; David Harker Davies, Bryniog Plas; Alun Roberts, Y Glyn; (to be completed).
Above: Pony ride in MYC
L-R: Gwynfor Roberts, Coed Llydan Mawr; Phillip Roberts, Rhydlydan; Gwen Roberts, Coed Llydan Mawr; Blodwen Davies, Siop Bethel; Annwen Roberts, Coed Llydan Mawr.
Above: Sack Race during Sports day on Y Glyn field.
Above: Sports Day to mark the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, June 1952. Each of the children received a commemorative mug on this day.
Sborts i Ddathlu Coroni'r Frenhines Elizabeth II Mehefin 1952. Pob un o Blant y Pentref dderbyn Mwg ar y diwrnod hwn.
Above: Howell Jackson of Bont y Clwt.
Subscript to follow.
WOMEN OF CHARACTER
Aelodau Sefydliad y Merched Melin-y-Coed yn y saithdegau
Members of Melin-y-Coed Women's Institute in the Seventies.
Back Row: Eirlys Hughes, Cae Melwr; Winnie Williams, Hafod y Ddol; Irene Hughes, Plas Brith; Enid Davies, Bryniog Uchaf; Ceridwen Jones, Berwynfa;
Middle Row: Carrie Williams, Tegfan; Sally Jackson, Hafan; Enid Roberts, Coed Llydan Mawr; Dilys Evans, Hafod; Bessie Hughes, Y Glyn; Nellie Jones, Siambar Wen;
Front Row: Grace Ann Roberts, Hendre Wen; Diana Pierce, Maes Newyddion; Ermin Kerry-Jenkins, Bodnant; - Gwenno Evans, Poethfoel; Anwen Hughes, Y Glyn; Mair Owen, Plas Tirion;
Gwenno Evans, Poethfoel.
Eirlys Hughes, Cae Melwr.
Diana Pierce, Maes Newyddion.
Ermin Kerry-Jenkins, Bodnant
Dilys Evans, Hafod; Annwen Hughes, Y Glyn.
Nellie Jones, Siamber Wen; Mair Owen, Plas Tirion.
Ceridwen Jones, Berwynfa; Bessie Hughes, Y Glyn.
GraceAnnRobertrs, Hendre Wen.
Above: Men of MYC - Elwyn Jackson, Pont y Clwt; William Jones 1 Glan Llyn; William Roberts Coetmor, Howell Jackson Pont y Clwt; William Ellis Davies Bethel; John Ellis Jones 4 Glan Llyn;
Picture by Philip Roberts of Cardiff, Formerly of Bethel.
Above: Back Row: John D. Hughes, Y Glyn; John Jones (Mab Tom), Siop Uchaf; Robert Howation, Bwlch y Gwynt;
Front Row: Kevin Howation-Jones, Bwlch y Gwynt; Alun Hughes, Y Glyn.
THEN AND NOW
Above: Margaret Jane Roberts in 1976 with her great-grandson, Benjamin Steven Dodds, aged four months.
Above: Benjamin with his brother Simon Jonathan in December 2005
Above: Mr William Edwards of Bryniog Plas, Melin-y-Coed, in the 1930s.
Above: Annie, Stan, Lys and Hugh Fronwen with two unidentified girls in the 1930s.
Above: Big Boots to Fill at Gorsedd Grucyn.
Above: Irene in 1950 when she used to live in Glan Llyn Terrace.
Irene as a nurse. She moved to work in Canada, married there and had a family.
Irene in 1993 in Maes y Felin, when she had the sad duty of seeing to the affairs of her brother, who had died.
Katie Evans of Fronwen having tea with Mrs Jones Moeliorwch Isa at Oaklands Bungalow probably in the 1930s.
John and Elizabeth Roberts of Garth y Foel had a daughter, Elizabeth. Garth y Foel is in the Carmel area, near Poethfoel (once called Poeth y Foel). Elizabeth, who was born in Garth y Foel, married John Morris, and they lived at Bryn Castell in Pandy Tudur. Their great great grandson is Lee Wetton, who has assembled extensive family history, documents and photographs on his website www.wetton.net, some of which are to be found on various pages of this website also with Lee's permission.
This photo is of Elizabeth and John Morris of Bryn Castell.
John Roberts of Garth y Foel died in 1918 at 80, Elizabeth in 1925 at 82, son William in 1958 at 78 and Hannah in 1978.
Photo: Lee Wetton.
Another of Lee's family connections (a great, great, great, great aunt) is Elizabeth Morris, who married Robert Roberts and lived at Ty Newydd, Melin y Coed, and later at Denbigh Street. Elizabeth died in 1915 and Robert in 1925, and Lee is currently searching for their gravesite.
This photo is of Elizabeth Morris, born in 1851, and her husband Robert, born in 1848.
This photo, taken from the above photo as printed in a past issue of Calendr Yr Odyn, is of Evan Edwards, Bryniog Plas.
Above: Ellie. Former resident of Ty Newydd.
Llun cymeriad o'r pentre - Ellie.
Evan Jones, Tan-y-Fron - Maker of Hurdles - Gwneuthurwr "Hurdles".
Above: Jackson family of Pont y Clwt.
Syddogion Sefydliad Y Merched, Melin-y-Coed yn 1995
Office Bearers of Melin-y-Coed Women's Institute in 1995
L-R: Annwen Hughes, Y Glyn, Trysorydd/Treasurer; Myfanwy Hughes, Glasfryn, Llywydd/President; Wendy Jones, Heulfryn, Is-Lywydd/Vice-President; Gwenno Evans, Poethfoel, Ysgrifennydd/Secretary.
Family Bible at Ysgoldy.
Valentine and Enid Moulsdale of Bryn Dyffryn in 1977.
Above: Hen Daid a Nain Bod Wylim.
Mr and Mrs Robert Roberts and descendants. Mr Roberts was the gamekeeper at Bryn Dyffryn in 1901.
Elgan Davies yn unarddeg oed. (Bryniog Plas; Hafodunos cynt)
Elgan Davies aged eleven.
Above: Annie and Hugh Evans, Penuchargwyllt.
Above: Rowena (Fronwen) Audrey & Gwyneth (Tyn Twll, Nant y Rhiw)
Mrs Jones Moelogen, Ellen Ann Fronwen, Mrs Roberts Foty, Catherine Roberts Cefn Cestyll (Mam/Mother of Ellen Ann)
LOCALS ABROAD!
Above: Tiger and Cai Morris in Darlington, a leafy suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in April 2007.
Above: Gabrielle, Ian, Tiger and Cai - from the Carribean to Australia via Holland in 2007.
By January 2008, Summer Holiday time down under, the boys are seasoned Sandgropers with Tee shirts to match!
Cai on the South Coast
It's a Hard Life in the South West.
Cricket at Yallingup.
Tiger and the Indian Ocean.
Above: Gari (Bethel) and Sian in Collie, Western Australia, July 2008
