Dear Cuz's, Let me tell you some facts. 1. The home is lived in. 2. It is their son's [I think it is a boy] birthday and they had planed a family weekend birthday party gathering... They have post poned that to Sunday only because of us. They are not only letting us walk around their property, but they are inviting us inside the large living area where Dr. Thomas Wynne gave his illegal Quaker services. They are giving us tea and cakes. Ok so now you know the surprise... 3. They are hosting two people from WGS in their home for the weekend. There is nothing to see except for the structure of the two buildings that apply to Dr. Thomas Wynne's time. It will take us less than 5 minutes to look at the one they are planning to make into a bed and breakfast time share deal which is the Dower House. It is to become a weekly summer rental, on the Bed and Breakfast type plan. Not the main house. I don't see that it would take much longer than that... But I am sure if we need it.. we can push the Ruthin Common Goal back a little bit at that time... But................ You guys don't want to go to the Ruthin Common Goal where Dr. Thomas Wynne was imprisoned.. no problem I can cancel that , any thing else you want me to cancel while we are at it. Becky ttg-inc@comcast.net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ "Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance !" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Shabo" <ljshabo@bellsouth.net> To: <WYNNE-GENEALOGY-SOCIETY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:21 PM Subject: [WGS] Joan's comment re. itenarary > There is much more to be seen at the goal (jail) than at the site of > Thomas Wynne's home. The two hours represents a minimum recommended > time for a tour of the goal which is a popular tourist site which is > deemed to be historically significant. Its inclusion in our tour > itenarary is, of course, > based on Thomas Wynne's having been imprisoned there. An effort has been > made to preserve (restore) the prison to the state it was when it > housed Thomas Wynne and others who shared his misfortune. If nothing > else, we can gain a better understanding of what Thomas Wynne > endured. The home site, on the other hand, is the private residence of a > family that hopes to be able to convert it into a bed and breakfast > at some point. in the near future. While it will prove interesting to > see where Thomas Wynne lived, nothing remains apart from the house. > There are no original > furnishings that belonged to Thomas Wynne and his family and nothing that > can not be seen within the 30 minutes allotted us, not that we all might > want to have more time at each stop on the itenarary. Thirty minutes at > the cemetery at Bodfari is likely to prove more difficult, hardly enough > to > hope to find a specific tombstone, assuming such should exist that could > be read. All and all, we are fortunate to have the opportunity to see > what we can. > > Hugs, Cousin Linda > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >