Pay back time!
November 2011 - It's many years since Elen Jones was airlifted to hospital during blizzards for the birth of her daughter (see 3/4 way down this column - Helicopter Rescue for a birth). Now she and her family can present a cheque for £527 raised during an Open Day at Tyddyn Gethin to the Air Ambulance.
The paragraph also refers to their recent success with their Limousin cattle, as does the item below from the Daily Post in November 2010.
FIVE GENERATIONS!
Above: From "Yr Odyn" November 2011 - five generations of the Gwynllys family in Melin y Coed - Megan Jackson, the great great grandmother, Eirian her daughter the great grandmother, Chris, Eirian's son, the grandfather, and Zach, Chris' son, the father of Evie Beau.
The following poem by a family member and the attached photograph appears in the issue Rhif 387 Mai 2010 of "Yr Odyn" in celebration of Uncle Hugh's recent 90th. birthday:
NANT Y RHIW
Mis Mai yn nineteen twenty
Y cafodd Hugh ei eni,
Gwersi'n ysgol Nant y Rhiw
Tan oedd yn lancyn teidi.
Fronwen sydd yn ei galon
A chapel Nant y Rhiw,
Mae'n flaenor dros hanner canrif,
Bob Sul mae yno'n driw.
Cynghorydd a chadeirydd
Mewn pwyllgor aml dro,
Amaethwr ydyw, digon clen
Sy'n mynd yn hyn heb fynd yn hen.
Un gair na wyddai mohono
A hwnnw yw riteirio
Gan ei fod yn DAL i ffermio.
Ar eich deg a phedwar ugain,
Penblwydd hapus dymunwn ni,
Os mwynhau ffermio 'rydych,
Daliwch ati, y dywedwn ni.
EJ
(Thanks to Dafydd Jones, Cae Llan)
Nineteen twenty in the month of May
Our Huwco first saw light of day.
Lessons in school in Nant y Rhiw
As to a tidy lad he grew.
Fronwen is what is in his heart
Along with Capel Nant y Rhiw,
A deacon there for fifty years
Each Sunday finds him in his pew.
Councillor and Chairman
Of Committees oft, we're told.
A farmer, courteous, friendly -
Aging without getting old.
One word he's never heard of
A strange state called retirement.
And as he still keeps farming
It seems he's in his element.
So on your ninetieth birthday
We wish you all the best.
Keep going, we say, for we well know
You'd rather work than rest.
RE
The eagle eye of Patricia Williams of the Llanrwst Historical Society spotted the following items in old newspapers:
1861 April 1 - Petty Sessions Before Admiral Watling, H. R. Sandbach, R. G. Moulsdale and E. Sharpe, Esqrs. The business before the magistrates was the appointment of overseers and constables for various parishes. Mr Hugh Roberts, of Melin y Coed, was appointed High Constable for the Hundred of Is Dulas.
1877 Baner ac Amserau Cymru: Yn Llangynog 16 Mawrth. Bu y Parch. W. W. Thomas, Maes Glas (gynt o Bentrefoelas) yn cynnal cyngherdd yn ysgoldy y bwrdd. Yn ystod y program, canodd “Mae pawb am fod yn ben”; encoriwyd ef, a datganodd “Y Bwthyn yn Melin Y Coed” yn gampus.
(Oes rhywun a hanes “Y Bwthyn yn Melin Y Coed” tybed?)
1884 North Wales Chronicle: Advertisement for Odams’ Manures manufactured by the Nitro-Phosphate and Odams’ Chemical Manure Company (Limited), consisting of Tenant Farmers occupying upwards of 150,000 Acres of Land. Crushed Bones, Bone Meal, Slulphate of Ammonia, Nitrate of Soda, Potash Salts and all other Manurial Substances supplied. Odams’ Manures have been used on the ROYAL FARMS for nearly 30 years.
Agents for North Wales included Mr Owen Hughes, Melin y Coed Mills, Llanrwst.
1881: Bridges not to be passed over by Locomotives.
A Locomotive shall not be used on any one of the several Bridges hereinafter described, the same being Bridges where the County Authority is satisfied that such use would be attended with danger to the Public.
56. “Clettwr” between Yspytty and Pentrevoelas. 58. “Fawr,” between Llanrwst and Trefriw. 59. “Bancog” between Capel Garmon and Pentrevoelas. 60. “Yr Odyn” between Llanrwst and Pentrevoelas. 61. “Melin-y-Coed,” between Llanrwst and Bryn Dyffryn.
Repeal of Bye-Laws. From and after the date of the confirmation of these Bye-laws the Bye-laws as to Waggons, Carts, Carriages, Gates, Bicycles, and Locomotives on Main Roads, and other Highways, and also as to Bridges not to be passed over by Locomotives which were confirmed by the Local Government Board on the Second day of April, 1880, shall be repealed. Joseph Peers, Clerk of the Peace.
March 1854
On the 4th instant, a cow, the property of Mrs. Williams, Melin-y-Coed, Llanrwst, produced three fine calves (two males and a female), which are now being successfully reared. This valuable cow has regularly produced two fine calves, yearly, for five consecutive years, and the extraordinary number of five calves within the last twelve months.
The stamp over which Griffith Griffiths of Berth Ddu signed his name on an agreement with Robert Williams of Ty Gwyn in 1922.
Above: Sarah Olwen Jackson of Pont y Clwt has returned to her birthplace, Gorsedd Grucyn, and is shown making traditional oat cakes. After rolling out the mixture of oat flour, fat and water with a special rolling pin with small pyramid shaped protruberances on the surface, the oatcakes would be cooked on a hot griddle and then put on a "diogyn" to finish the drying process. The diogyn could be translated as "lazy boy". Note how the oatcakes have been stood up between the slats of the iron hearthstool (stol haearn). These stools were made locally of iron with brass and copper decorative inserts. They would be polished regularly with Brasso along with the candlesticks and other brass plates and ornaments. The iron kettle would be boiled by standing it on the hot coals, and kept warm once it had boiled by being hung on the chain and hook above the fire. As well as an oven, some fireplaces or kitchen ranges had a water tank next to the fire with a tap to deliver the hot water. Unfortunately over time these tanks could leak and become useless.
Above: Thomas Williams, Gorsedd Grucyn, on his pony in Llanrwst.
He used to ride the pony into E B Jones to do his shopping. When Mrs Williams accompanied him to Llanrwst to do her shopping, she could be seen walking home behind him hanging on to the pony's tail to help her up the steep hill above Melin y Coed to Gorsedd Grucyn.
Above: Jane Williams, Gorsedd Grucyn, with her son Ynyr. See more about the family on our page "Williams Family Gorsedd Grucyn".
Above: Wil Gomic, one of Llanrwst's characters, Thomas Williams, and JOD Williams, Tyn Twll
Article in "Yr Odyn" about Thomas Williams, Gorsedd Grucyn, appeared with the above photos.
T. Glynne Davies wearing his Bardic Crown won at the National Eisteddfod in Llanrwst.
Above: Mrs Elizabeth Ellen Jones, nee Williams
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Workers on the wall built in 1928 between Betws y Coed and Swallow Falls included William Jones of Ty Newydd, MYC, and his son Tommy, as well as H. R. Jackson, Pont y Clwt, and J. E. Jones, Ysgoldy, Melin y Coed..
Melin-y-Coed Sports 1943
Mr H R Jackson with Chapel colleagues
This photo has not been provided with names, but was taken when the Morris (Bethel) children were young, perhaps in the 1970s.
Judging by the hats, this photo seems to have been taken in the 40s or 50s.
No information to hand about the people on this photo.
Howel R. Jackson, Hafan; Rev W Gareth Parry, John D. Hughes, Y Glyn; Lewis Morris, Nantywrach Fawr; Robert T. Jones, Gwynant in the year 1977.
Above: Robert Hughes, Howel Jackson and William Ellis Davies. Award of Gee Medal
Above: 1914-18 Home Guard Melin y Coed
Above: 1940 Home Guard Capel Garmon and Nebo.
Above: 1964 Band of Hope, Bethel, Melin-y-Coed
Above: 1924 Llanrwst Council School, Watling Street - Pupils of Miss Thomas
Above: Sunday School, Melin-y-Coed
Above: Melin-y-Coed Drama performed in the Church House hall, Llanrwst, in the mid-1940s
Above: Drama, Melin-y-Coed
Above: Melin-y-Coed Sunday School Class 1943 - Mr Johnnie Jones Siop Ucha.
Above: Melin-y-Coed, Bethel Band of Hope, c.1926.
Mrs Emma Jones, Miss Daisy Harker and Miss Hannah Harker on the left and Messrs Johnnie Jones and John Ellis Jones on the right.
Above: 1918 Sunday School with Miss Maggie Evans of Coed Llydan.
Above: Bethel Chapel 1936: Thomas Jones, Bryn Melyn; William Roberts, Coetmor; Arthur Harker, Bryniog Bach; John Evans, Y Glyn; Parch J. D. Jones; Griffith Griffiths, Berth Ddu.
No Helicopter service in Ellen's grandmother Ellen Ann's day - just a kind neighbour, if she could get through the snow!
Above: Workers in the Penmachno Woollen Factory in 1932. See our page on Wool in History for more Penmachno information.
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