HOMES, GARDENS AND BUILDINGS IN AND AROUND MELIN-Y-COED
Spring has arrived in Melin y Coed 2007
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At the Lion Pound: Two waifs and strays waiting to be adopted.
Transportation to the new home.
The Lions' Bus Driver - a study in concentration.
The lion takes up his new station in Melin-y-Coed.
St David and St George waiting for the postman.
Dau lew tew, heb ddim blew - un ochor yma, un ochor drew.
Above: Spring bursting through in Melin y Coed, March 2007
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The old smithy at Carneddau.
YR ENGAN - The Anvil.
Here is a story about this very place passed on by Arthur Jones of Carneddau, the old blacksmith, to Trefor Morris of Bethel, Melin y Coed.
This dates back to the early part of the twentieth century.
William Evans, Fronwen, was at the Carneddau smithy. It so happened that another customer there was reputed to be the strongest man in Pentrefoelas (at the southern end of the Conway Valley). This man spoke to William Evans.
"I hear you're quite a strong man, William Evans," he said. "Can you do this?"
He picked up the small anvil, and carried it round the house.
"Well, let's see," said William Evans. He picked up the anvil in his turn and carried it around the house twice.
"Well, can you do this, then?" asked the strong man of Pentrefoelas, and he picked up the big anvil, and carried it round the buildings.
"Let's see," said William Evans. He picked up the big anvil, and carried it around the buildings twice.
The strong man of Pentrefoelas left Carneddau "like a dog with its tail between its legs," the story goes.
"Gei di ddim trafferth efo hwna eto," said Williams Evans to the blacksmith. "You won't get any trouble from that one again."
And that's the sort of competition the men had among themselves in those days, as to who was the strongest.
Above: The strongest men. Myfyr and Cadwaladr (Dwalad) Roberts at Llanrwst market.
John Davies, Bryniog Ucha, told his son Dei that the strongest man he ever knew was Cadwaladr Roberts of Fotty Gerrig, Siloam, the brother of Ellen Ann Fronwen and descendant of Lewis Roberts, Cae Dafydd Llwyd. A close second behind Dwalad was his son, Myfyr.
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Above photos are of Ty Gwyn, another very old house.
1 March 2007
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Above: Ysgoldy on the road up to Carmel from Melin y Coed.
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Welcome to Melin y Coed
At the Lion Pound: Two waifs and strays waiting to be adopted.
Transportation to the new home.
The Lions' Bus Driver - a study in concentration.
The lion takes up his new station in Melin-y-Coed.
St David and St George waiting for the postman.
Dau lew tew, heb ddim blew - un ochor yma, un ochor drew.
Above: Spring bursting through in Melin y Coed, March 2007
The old smithy at Carneddau.
YR ENGAN - The Anvil.
Here is a story about this very place passed on by Arthur Jones of Carneddau, the old blacksmith, to Trefor Morris of Bethel, Melin y Coed.
This dates back to the early part of the twentieth century.
William Evans, Fronwen, was at the Carneddau smithy. It so happened that another customer there was reputed to be the strongest man in Pentrefoelas (at the southern end of the Conway Valley). This man spoke to William Evans.
"I hear you're quite a strong man, William Evans," he said. "Can you do this?"
He picked up the small anvil, and carried it round the house.
"Well, let's see," said William Evans. He picked up the anvil in his turn and carried it around the house twice.
"Well, can you do this, then?" asked the strong man of Pentrefoelas, and he picked up the big anvil, and carried it round the buildings.
"Let's see," said William Evans. He picked up the big anvil, and carried it around the buildings twice.
The strong man of Pentrefoelas left Carneddau "like a dog with its tail between its legs," the story goes.
"Gei di ddim trafferth efo hwna eto," said Williams Evans to the blacksmith. "You won't get any trouble from that one again."
And that's the sort of competition the men had among themselves in those days, as to who was the strongest.
Above: The strongest men. Myfyr and Cadwaladr (Dwalad) Roberts at Llanrwst market.
John Davies, Bryniog Ucha, told his son Dei that the strongest man he ever knew was Cadwaladr Roberts of Fotty Gerrig, Siloam, the brother of Ellen Ann Fronwen and descendant of Lewis Roberts, Cae Dafydd Llwyd. A close second behind Dwalad was his son, Myfyr.
Above photos are of Ty Gwyn, another very old house.
1 March 2007
Above: Ysgoldy on the road up to Carmel from Melin y Coed.
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Welcome to Melin y Coed