Cilgeraint is an area of cottages in Llandegai. It had a pub and when Lord Penrhyn found out, he shut it down. I believe St. Anne's church recently moved to the area, when the repairs to the existing one were deemed too expensive. Arlene > Dear Barbara, I think Cilgeraint is a street, Llandegai is a pretty, small > village. Women usually worked in service, there wasn't a lot of > opportunities for women in an otherwise rural area..not like Lancashire > with > the mills. I think it's held the women's movement back in Wales. I've got > a > couple of books about the slate quarry's. I think you could get them on > inter library loan. All the best from the outskirts of Caernarfon, Wendy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barbara Williams [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 09 September 2004 20:28 > To: [email protected] > 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 > > > > > ==== WLS-CAERNARFONSHIRE Mailing List ==== > http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/inst/uwbangor.shtml > Bangor University Archives > > ============================== > 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 > > >