Hi Arlene This looks like a really interesting book. I am going to see if I can get a copy on ebay too. I would be very interested in anything further you can share about the place. I visited there two years ago with my sister, we were only there for a day trip but we visited our grandfather's birthplace at 4 Bryn Owen Street and just went for a little hunt around as I was "off" doing the family tree thing at that time. We did find Coed Y Parc though after a lot of driving up and down and walking back and forth!! Oh - and we did have a very nice (HUGE) pub lunch in the main street there. Regards Barbara ---- Original Message ----- From: "Arlene Berta" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 8:00 AM Subject: Re: [CAE] Penrhyn > Hi Listers interested in quarrymen of North Wales. There is an excellent > book, The North Wales Quarrymen. I was able to find a copy on ebay. It > tells all about their lives and the strike. > > All the males on both sides of my family were quarrymen and were involved > in the strike. I have a cousin who's grandfather worked during the strike > and received a home to live in as a reason to work. A friend of mine, > living in Bethesda, is the granddaughter of the man that built those homes > for Lord Penhryn. She's elderly, and full of historical knowledge on the > village. > > I have been fortunate to have family and friends that know much of the > history. Bethesda has a wonderful history. Did you know pubs were only > allowed on one side of the high street as Lord Penhryn owned the buildings > on the other side. He did not allow pubs. I beleive at one time there > was something like 83 pubs in Bethesda. I'll have to check again on that > number. I have it written down, but the book is at my daughter's where I > spend my week days babysitting. > > I'll go through the book and write all the facts I have learn from an > expert on Bethesda who I had the pleasure of spending the day with last > year. He toured me around and showed me lots of interesting things. He's > written a book on Bethesda. Not sure it is available yet. I'll check. > > Definitely try and find 'The North Wales Quarrymen'. Excellent reading. > > Arlene Berta > Folsom, Ca > > > > >> Hello Barbara > >> > >> If you would be so kind and email the links I would be indebted to you > >> My father and family worked in the Llanberis quarry > >> Regards > >> -- > >> Ronald Jones > > > > Hi Ronald > > > > If you go to this page > > > > http://www.llechicymru.info/index.english.htm > > > > you are sure to find lots of really interesting information, I printed out > > the article "What I saw at Bethesda" - this was so enlightening as to how > > people lived through this strike (1900-1903). My grandfather Thomas John > > WILLIAMS was born in Bethesda in 1898 so I got a real feel of how it must > > have been for his family living there at the time. > > > > I also was on this page today and saw a pic of Llanberis quarry and how it > > used to look.... > > > > http://www.data-wales.co.uk/ > > > > And on this page, I found my grandfather's two sister's enrolled at the > > local school, also gives you another feel for the "great strike" which I > > didn't know about until just very recently. > > > > http://www.gtj.org.uk/ > > > > > > An interesting page about how slate is used today......... > > > > http://www.inigojones.co.uk/ > > > > Kindest Regards > > Barbara in Sydney via Liverpool > > > > > > > > ==== WLS-CAERNARFONSHIRE Mailing List ==== > > Gwynedd Family History Society > > 36 Y Wern Y Felinheli, Gwynedd LL56 4TXX > > [email protected] or [email protected] > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > > > ==== WLS-CAERNARFONSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Cewch ddanfon negeseuon Cymraeg neu Saesneg i'r rhestr hon > This list covers a bilingual area, in which messages in both Welsh and English are welcome > > ============================== > 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 > > >