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My Great Grandfather Mother And Father's Link
My parents often told me this story. My Great Grandfather was John Roberts. His son, my father, Thomas Glyndwr Roberts and my mother Myra Roberts (Evans) as young children were playing on the swings in ...Read more
A memory of Blaenllechau by
The 1950s
Though I have some recall of the 1940s - eg starting school in 1948 at the age of three and a half and being reluctant to get off a rocking horse on the first day, it was the 1950s that really kicked in - to the accompaniment of songs like ...Read more
A memory of Corwen in 1950 by
Growing Up In Groeswen Happy Memories
I have fond memories of Groeswen. I was Estelle Davies who lived at Tir Treharne all my young life. We were a big family and poor but when I think back to the wonderful childhood and freedom we had, being ...Read more
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Pantddu Farm And Aberbeeg
I grew up in the farm in the picture. My parents were Ern and Megan Sheppard. Dad delivered milk for many years, initially from churns carried around in a horse and cart and later the milk was in glass bottles from a ...Read more
A memory of Aberbeeg in 1940 by
Lavender Family
My Nan was Elsie Lavender and she lived in Glendwr Street. Elsie was born in 1921 to parents Ethel and Bill (William) Lavender. She had an older sister called Connie who passed away at the age of 21 years. She had a younger ...Read more
A memory of Abertillery by
I Miss My Family Home
This picture is of my family home just under the quarry to the left. My father Glyndwr 'Pancho' Parry was one of the council machine drivers that had to fill in the canal between the Darren bridge and 'the now' cycle path ...Read more
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The Old Post Officeby Bont Tirlwm
My mother is Olwen Jones (nee Haigh) of the old post office in Bodorgan from 1937 to 1953 when she got married to Vivian Madoc Jones of Newborough. Her parents Randolph and Janet Haigh ran the post office from 1937 ...Read more
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My Birth
I was born in Gileston Manor Cottage. My father was chauffeur to the manor residents, Mr and Mrs Clay. I had grandparents living in West Aberthaw and Sea View Farm, Batsleys. We then moved to Glyndwrtthan where I lived until I was married in ...Read more
A memory of Gileston in 1930 by
Growing Up
I attended Llanidloes Glandwr School beginning in 1945. I have some fond memories of this school. However, many of the memories were not of the good variety, such as going to the Headmaster Mr. Morris to be punished (the cane) for ...Read more
A memory of Llanidloes in 1940 by
141 Caerau Road...
My Grandad Jones purchased 141 Caerau Rd from 2 ladies following WWII - it cost him a grand total of 450pounds. The ladies stayed on and rented a back room for a while before Grandad had his father Oliver, his father's mistress Martha and ...Read more
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Walking sticks are displayed outside the shop on the right, and a car draws up outside the Glandwr Café (centre right).
Corwen has always been associated with Owain Glyndwr, self-proclaimed Welsh prince.
The town's connection with Owain Glyndwr gives it a unique place in Welsh history, as he was the last Prince of Wales to be crowned with the title.
It remained an important English garrison until 1404, when it fell along with Harlech and Criccieth to Owain Glyndwr.
During the reign of Henry IV, the King's army marched around these hills seeking to bring the Welsh patriot Owain Glyndwr to battle.
Carrog, or Llansantffraid Glyndyfrdwy, is in the heart of the lands of Owain Glyndwr, the marcher lord.
In August 1405 a substantial French army in excess of 10,000 men landed here at the request of Owain Glyndwr.
Owain Glyndwr took the castle in 1404, but his attempt to bring independence to Wales came to an end when Henry V stormed Harlech and captured Owain and his family.
It was here, in the early 15th century, that the rebel leader Owain Glyndwr had his stronghold and seat of power during the rebellion.
Carrog, or Llansantffraid Glyndyfrdwy, is in the heart of the lands of Owain Glyndwr, the marcher lord.
The medieval cathedral had been destroyed by the armies of Henry III and Edward I, and the present building was rebuilt after it was partially destroyed by Owain Glyndwr in 1402.
The castle withstood attacks from Llywelyn the Great and Owain Glyndwr only to be slighted by Parliament in 1646.
It was de Grey's descendents who provoked Glyndwr into rebellion just over 100 years later.
However, near here at his manor of Glyndyfrdwy, Owain Glyndwr proclaimed himself Prince of Wales on 16 September 1400, so beginning his 9-year rebellion against English rule.
This was ruined in 1403 during Owain Glyndwr's revolt, and only the motte and a couple of towers remain.
It was captured by Owain Glyndwr in 1404 and recaptured by Prince Henry in 1408.
The mock-Tudor building seen here gives little indication of the real timber-framed buildings that remain in the town, although most would have been destroyed when Owain Glyndwr proclaimed himself Prince
This bridge, from which Bridgend derives its name, was probably constructed after Owain Glyndwr's uprising.
Llandaff is said to have been destroyed c1402 by Owain Glyndwr.
The castle resisted many attempts by the Welsh to take it, but a French force fired the town in 1405 when it landed to support Owain Glyndwr.
This was ruined in 1403 during Owain Glyndwr's revolt, and only the motte and a couple of towers remain.
Owain Glyndwr took the castle for the Welsh in 1404 and held it until 1409, and it was under siege again during the Wars of the Roses in 1460.
In the 13th century it was seized by Simon de Montfort, and it was also sacked during the revolution of Owain Glyndwr in the 15th century.
When Owain Glyndwr attacked the town in 1401, leaving little in his wake, it was one of many turbulent events in its history.
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