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Ymuno Festival 2016

Posted on 13/06/2016 by Gareth Morlais

2julyYmunoP1020500 Ymuno is Welsh for ‘all join in’. This festival on the first weekend in July 2016 in Rhyd-y-Foel, Abergele, is a gem. It’s really family-friendly and the lineup is eclectic and refreshing. Compared with many other summer weekend festivals the admission and camping prices are reasonable. It’s £120 for adults and £15 for children.

Line-up includes:

Friday: Yr Adar, Mister Keith, Claire Jordan, K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade, Sorceress.

Saturday: Lunacorona, The Turbans, Gareth Logan, Hedge Gods, Sera Owen, Jordan Mackampa, Hannah Scott.

Sunday: George Harris and the Memory Makers, Nia Wyn, Paul Bytheway, Abby Butler, Jaywalkers, The Grenaways, William The Conqueror, Denuo, The Impellers, Renegade Brass Band.

There’s lots there apart from the music. E.g. bedtime campfire story-telling, face-painting, giant bubble-blowing, guided star gazing, fancy dress disco and breadmaking sessions.

The festival i held at Fferm Bryn Ffanigl Ganol LL22 8NFYou can find out more at the Ymuno website.

Elvis lives for Abergele Hospital League of Friends

Posted on 27/03/2016 by Gareth Morlais

And his lookalike and soundalike Wynne Roberts entertains at St Asaph’s Oriel Hotel on 15 April to raise money for Abergele Hospital

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Possibly the first secondary school in Abergele opposite the Bowling Green.

Posted on 22/03/2016 by Dennis_Parr

St Kentigern Easter Fayre

Posted on 04/03/2016 by Gareth Morlais

On 12 March for a very good cause:

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More on old maps

Posted on 22/02/2016 by Dennis_Parr

Found a further neg which actually has a date ! See picture.

Old Abergele plans.

Posted on 22/02/2016 by Dennis_Parr

With help from a good scanner and Photoshop I think that the difficult to decipher entry may be ” Mr Williams “. Does this information help at all? I’m afraid I cannot identify any dates on the plans.

Abergele from the air 1969-2013

Posted on 22/02/2016 by Gareth Morlais

aeriel2013 Abergele 1969 from air

What a difference 44 years makes.

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Harp Court, Abergele

Posted on 17/02/2016 by Sion Jones

Harp Court, Abergele. These flats were built here by Eldon R. Gorst, Abergele. Gorst bought the site from Richard Pearce, Auctioneers. Previously, the site had been used as a pig market.

Harp Court, Abergele. Adeiladwyd y fflatiau yma gan Eldon R. Gorst, Abergele. Prynnwyd Gorst Y safle oddi wrth cwmni arwerthwyr Richard Pearce, Abergele. Ynghynt ‘roeed y safle yma yn cael ei defnyddio yn farchnad moch.

Llaethdai Abergele dairies and commercial milk producers

Posted on 23/01/2016 by Gareth Morlais

Gyda diolch i Gwynn Williams, yn enedigol o Lanefydd, wedi byw yn Abergele a bellach yn Rhyl.

Here’s a list from from local singer, actor and historian Gwynn Williams showing how many farms, outlets and dairy companies sold milk in Abergele in the first half of the 20th Century:

Glan Llyn – Williams
Ty Mawr
Pen Llyn
Bryn Gwyn
Bowdon House – William Jones
Fern Bank
Siamber Wen
Tim Roberts
Jenkins
Hylas Dairies – up St George’s Rd
Tan Dderwen – Manners
Bryn Coch – Lewis
Nant Fawr – Edward Jones

I’m grateful to Gwynn for sharing this list.

When I showed this list to local historian Brian Haynes, he added another name an a nice story about :

Farmer Roberts the Weatherman in Pensarn.

Brian says:
“The Royal Welsh Show was held on part of his land. He’d come out of his farm in Pensarn every day with two half churns balanced on either side of his bike. His weather forecasting ability was second to none. But one day, someone asked him: ‘what’s the weather going to be like today Farmer Roberts?’ and he replied: ‘I don’t know, the battery’s just run out on me radio!'”

Brian printed a set of maps and ringed the commercial dairy outlets listed by Gwynn. Here’s a detail:

Some of the dairies which used to be up St George's Rd, Abergele — Some of the dairies which used to be up St George’s Rd, Abergele

Abergele Horse Fair Day, early 1900s

Posted on 18/01/2016 by The Dennis Parr Collection

From the Dennis Parr Collection, here’s a photo taken at the bottom of St George’s Rd, at the beginning of the 20th Century of Abergele Horse Fair Day.