Vicki, It's a great website loaded with lots of information on Wales and the lives that our ancestors lived. Arlene > Please excuse my ignorance > newbie here but what is the > Gathering of the Jewels > website? > Vicki > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arlene Berta" > <[email protected]> > To: > <[email protected] > .com> > Sent: Saturday, September 11, > 2004 1:59 AM > Subject: Re: [CAE] Re Quarrymen > > > Maybe we should list all the > names of the quarries and the > areas where > they are. They usually lived > near the quarry where the > worked. They > walked, and many miles some > times to get to the quarry. > > Also, there were barracks where > men from long distances would > stay during > the week and the go home for > the weekend. At the Pehrhyn > Quarry, men came > in from Anglesey. > > It's all in the book, but I > know there should be something > on the > Gathering of the Jewels > website. > > Arlene > > > > >> 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/redi > r.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=12 > 37 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ==== 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/redi > r.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=12 > 37 >> >> >> > > > > > ==== 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 > > >