Gellir prynu y gyfrol Studies in Welsh History:iv. The North Wales Quarrymen 1874-1922 trwy wefan Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru http://www.gwales.com The volume Studies in Welsh History:iv. The North Wales Quarrymen 1874-1922 is available for sale via the Welsh Books Council's website http://www.gwales.com Ceris Gruffudd Rhos Helyg 23 Maesyrefail Penrhyn-coch ABERYSTWYTH Ceredigion SY23 3HE 01970 828017 [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [CAE] Re: debate on strikes at Penrhyn and other quarries > > > When you hear the lives they lived, how hard they work, and what they > > received in return, it makes you angry. My grandfather and several > > uncles, started working at Penrhyn Quarry as 8 year olds. They pulled > > the carts that took the slate up to the rail cars. The rail line is > > still in Llandegai. > > Hi Arlene, Wendy and all, > > This whole thread has been SO interesting. It kind of adds a bit of "meat > to the bones." Every one of my ancestors from the Llandegai area has so far > been a slate quarryman and I have learnt so much just recently. My g.g. > grandfather was a Slate Waggon (sic) Driver in 1864, do you know what this > kind of job would have entailed? Well obviously driving a Slate Wagon (!!), > but how was it powered etc? Was it just some kind of cart or more like a > rail train? > > On the birth certificate of his son, they are shown as living at Cilgeraint > Incline, Llandegai, is this a "village" or just the name of a street? > > Arlene, I have been on eBay and looked for the book you recommend, but it > doesn't seem to be available in Australia, I will have to do a wider search, > can you tell us a little about it? Is it just concerned with the Great > Strike or does it give an overall picture of life for these men? Which has > just made me think of something else..............were girls ever employed > in the quarry as I see you mention 8 year old boys working there and I know > that both boys and girls were employed in say the cotton mills and factories > back in the "good old days." > > Thanks and Regards > Barbara > > > > ==== WLS-CAERNARFONSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Gwynedd Family History Society > www.gwynedd.fsbusiness.co.uk/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >