There is an article written in todays Chronicle (& shorter piece in Caernarfon & denbigh Herald) that a Mr Ray Bower is seeking planning approval to install a six foot slate slab as a memorial to the quarrymen at Dinorwic on the hills above Llyn Padarn. It will bear a tribute inscription bi-lingually, as well as a poem called "I'r Chwarel ai Phobol" (To the Quarry and it's people) by Norman Closs to remember the quarrymen from 1788 - 1969 Glenys

Hi Glenys and all, Another question about the quarries. How could one find out just which quarry their ancestor(s) worked in? How could one find out for instance whether they were employed in the Penryhyn quarry or the one at Dinorwic (or any others)? Or is there no way of knowing seeing as such vast numbers worked at Penrhyn? Would one get a map of the area at the time you were interested in and then just kind of assume due to geographic location of their home and the nearest quarry - well that is were they worked?? Did Lord Penryhn totally own all quarries in the end or just the biggest one? Regards Barbara > There is an article written in todays Chronicle (& shorter piece in Caernarfon & denbigh Herald) that a Mr Ray Bower is seeking planning approval to install a six foot slate slab as a memorial to the quarrymen at Dinorwic on the hills above Llyn Padarn. It will bear a tribute inscription bi-lingually, as well as a poem called "I'r Chwarel ai Phobol" (To the Quarry and it's people) by Norman Closs to remember the quarrymen from 1788 - 1969 > > Glenys > > > ==== 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 > > >