Dear Arlene This book sounds like it is just up my street!! I am going to search it out on the Internet this week-end. Thank you for taking the time to type up this little whetter to the appetite! I really am loving this whole thread and have to admit that before this all I could see that my ancestors were all named WILLIAMS, OWENS and JONES (so many people with the same name!!) and they all had the same occupation generation after generation after generation. Regards Barbara > Let me just say that the book is an amazing read if you had ancestors > working in quarries. In the instance of the Penrhyn Quarry, the men > built their own cottages, but Lord Penrhyn owned the land and rented it > to them for 9 pounds a month! > > Also, the English owned the quarries. > Arlene