Cenarth
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Lived here when I was young
I'm writing this on behalf of my mum who lived near here when she was young. Her grandfather owned a bakery / tea room at the top of that hill just over the bridge. The family then moved away to Caerau near Maesteg. I know she still wonders if she has got any family left in Newcastle Emlyn as she remembers she had other family there when they left.
A memory of Newcastle Emlyn contributed by First Name Last Name
Ffoselig Farm
Lived on a wonderful farm. The Welsh farmer living there still to this day runs this farm which has been in his family for generations.
Would love to go back there again. Very fond memories of hay making, feeding cattle and horses.
A Welsh neighbour up the lane, at 87 still worked his farm and spoke very little english. A wonderful old chap! Although I do not know if he remains there.
A memory of Maesymeillion contributed by Victoria Curtis
My wonderful childhood
I was Born in 1968, and resided in a small 2 bedroom house in Maes Morfa, Newport Pembs with my elder brother, sister and mother and father. Little did I know how blessed I was. Although life seemed to be quite difficult in those days, money was short and hard to come by, yet I feel we were born into a wealth of beauty living in Newport. From my parents window we overlooked the local playing fields and Newport Estuary and as far as Berry Hill farm acarage. The river was enriched with many different birds, their songs and cries all a part of my recognition of home. From a very young age The Parrog became a place we ...read more here
A memory of Parrog contributed by First name Last name
Parrog from My Childhood
Parrog has changed very little in the 4 decades that I have been visiting and probably for decades before my arrival. I first visited as a child each year and now take my own daughter there each year too. The houses remain the same, only the faces change (some of them anyway - we're almost all repeat visitors). It is totally unspoilt by the modern world yet has everything you need. The activities my daughter Megan and I do are the same that I did with my family as a child. The halyards clinking in the Estuary are music to my ears. Newport and Parrog are my boltholes and I know that if life gets tough, I can always escape to ...read more here
A memory of Parrog contributed by Catherine Dwyer
Extracts From Cenarth & Dyfed books
An audience watches from the old bridge as two coracle fishermen cast their nets for salmon or sea-trout. Sturgeon have also been caught here. Trying to land a 300lb, 8-foot fish from these small craft would seem a hazardous task, but it was once done in 1896 on the River Towy, overturning two coracles and breaking three nets in the process.
An extract from from"Wales Living Memories".
Cenarth is situated alongside the River Teifi and the Cardiganshire border. The drovers and dogs would drive the sheep into the river, forcing them to swim to the other side and thus get a thoroughly good dipping. They valued their sheep very highly - the coracle men took to the river to ensure they all got across safely.
An extract from from"Welsh Address Book".
Cenarth, on the Teifi, is set in a spectacular gorge with a number of waterfalls, and is famous as one of the last places in Britain where licensed coracles were used, both for salmon fishing and (as we see in this view) sheep dipping. Coracles are made on a willow frame. They were originally covered with horse or ox hide, but since the late 19th century cheaper canvas or calico has been used, which needs only a single coat of pitch to make them waterproof.
An extract from from"Mid-Wales - Ceredigion and Powys Photographic Memories".
Another interesting scene of the town taken from the steps in Hill Lane looking towards the castle. Note the new prison (built 1820) to the left of the main castle buildings with its chimneys and observation tower, all of which have been removed. The roof today is modern and sports a series of roof-lights. This view today is much the same as pictured here. The gateway in the stone wall (centre left) is now a garage door. The Millar Tobacconist at the foot of the hill beyond the horse and cart is now Castle Photography.
An extract from from"Haverfordwest Town and City Memories".
The Castle Hotel is to the right of this picture. Note the shop frontage for Stephen and Fred Green on the left (now a
chartered accountants). The authors have learned from Mr W David Thomas that the Ford car ‘EDE 3’ belonged to his late
father Mr William Gwyther Thomas, the Divisional Highways Surveyor. The reason for it being apparently abandoned in
the middle of the road was that the traffic lights had failed and Mr Thomas was investigating the reason at the control box.
The sign on the lamp post indicates that the Post Office can be found in Quay Street, to where it was moved from the corner
of High Street and Dark Street in 1936. The RAC sign on the Castle Hotel has now been removed - the hotel is currently
with the AA! The building to the left of the picture is the home of the Crown and Magistrates’ Courts.
An extract from from"Haverfordwest Town and City Memories".