Sorry to be argumentative but --- TYWYN is on the West Wales coast about 12 miles west of Machynlleth, its the HQ of one of the "Great Little Trains of Wales" ie. The Talyllyn Railway. It is about 4 miles by road to Aberdovey (Aberdyfi) Towyn is as you say between Rhyl and Abergele on the North Wales coast. Roger M Evans

Agree Roger. Although I couldn't even write when I lived there, its something I got pulled up on by parents later in life. Its a common spelling mistake, but can mean the difference with people receiving snail mail, even identifying the place etc. Would be interested re spelling from a historical angle though, since I've seen over 10 variations of spelling for e.g. Trefeglwys. (I don't really historical connection with Tywyn its just a place my parents lived there when they first married, when my dad worked in Tremadog). Anyone clued up on MER history know? As a side note, when we lived there, it was opposite the railway on Cambrian Road. Here's a picture of me with my grandparents (happens to be my earliest memory): http://www.alisonbryan.com/idris/tywyn.jpg I'm sitting on the wall of my parents' (then) garden. If you've ever looked at the Tywyn images that John Ball once put on the Retrospective Images of Wales, one of the pictures must have been taken right outside my parents (then) bungalow! I would have been a toddler at that time / still living there, etc. That was slightly weird to think about. 30+ years later we encounter each other by e mail, something that wasn't even invented back then. One of the of the other photos John posted of Tywyn, kind of jogged a couple of other early memories that I would not have remembered otherwise. So, thanks. Who knew that genealogy would stir memories of your own lifetime, never mind dig into that of ancestors! Sorry to butt in on this topic, will let the thread get back on course. Alison - who feels old! :)