Friends, neighbours and families, past and present, home and away.
Above: Big Boots to Fill.
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.
Above: Jackson family of Pont y Clwt.
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 is the father of William Roberts Bod Wylim, and 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
