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Ty Mawr Cottage, Carneddi Farm, Nantmor, from Pete Begley.

Last updated: 04 September 2006

This is your chance to question the experts - the people who live there - about anything connected with Caernarfon. Use the form below to ask or answer a question.

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Anon
Stacy, anywhere in Caernarfon would suit you! The nightlife is only really the pubs in the town itself, with Cofi Roc + K2 being the only night clubs (if you can call them that!) in the town. Caernarfon is easy to get to even if you live in any of the surrounding villages. It's stumbling home that's the problem!
Tue Sep 1 12:26:05 2009

Stacey from Carmarthenshire
I want to move to Caernarfon, near the nightlife, but don't know where, any suggestions?
Fri Aug 21 10:30:26 2009

Ron Rainbow, Wyoming,USA
Where can I find info about the wartime Peblig Factory, Caeathrau, Caernarfon? My father and family members worked there during WW2.
Fri Aug 21 10:26:48 2009

Roger Jones, Bethel
Did Laurel and Hardy visit Deiniolen in the late 1940s or early 50s and open the cinema?
Wed Jul 15 09:22:09 2009

Alison Mackenzie from Glasgow
I'm doing research on my family tree and trying to find out about my Grandmother's Welsh family. She was brought up in Llandudno and on the 1901 census her father's place of birth is indecipherable. It looks something like Garondohbesnan. Has anyone any idea what it might be as I can find no place name in Caernarfon that looks anything like that?

Web team: Could it be Garndolbenmaen - a village between Caernarfon and Porthmadog in Gwynedd.

Mon Feb 23 10:27:18 2009

Dianne ex Portmadoc & Borth y Gest
When Ruth was writing her books I used to see here and her mother in Portmadoc shopping, they were always together. I had a puppy from Nantmor that we called Shep. We left North Wales in 1972/3. I often wondered what happened to them and was sorry to hear she had died although she was 17yrs older than me. It was nice to read that her daughter Anne is still on the farm. What happened to Clogwyn farm, does anyone know please?
Mon Nov 17 10:52:52 2008

Paul Ievins from Lincoln
Over 35 years ago I visited Ruth at her farm, had tea with her. I remember how dark the kitchen seemed. My mother told me she was a distant relative. As a child then and even now I was enthralled by the desire to use and nurture the land. With much of that generation now gone, I'm thrilled to hear that Ann still lives on the farm.
Mon Nov 17 10:49:50 2008

Ex-Pat
Re CASTELLMAR - The only place I know of in the Caernarfon area with a similar name is on the outskirts of Caeathro, house is called CASTELLMAI. =250081:361564:250096:361568
Tue Aug 26 11:31:39 2008

Judith Cox from Aberystwyth
We are thinking of coming up for a day. Is there a market day in Caernarfon?
Web team: Yes there is. See Markets and Fairs for details.

Mon Jul 21 09:51:59 2008

Peter Jones from Oldham
re Ruth Ruck. Her daughter Ann still lives on the farm, Ruth died about three years ago I think. She was a pioneer in having llamas on the farm many years ago. The book Place of Stones tells of her early years.
Tue Jun 24 14:22:46 2008

Mike Demack, Rhuddlan
I am seeking information relating to concert parties and the players - in particular in the Caernarfon area in the 1920s when I gather that my grandfather took a role.
Wed Jun 4 09:40:20 2008

Alexandra Charanis Greece
About Ruth Ruck - I also would be interested in information about her and the llama, having just read Along Came a Llama.
Mon Jun 2 09:43:25 2008

Stancliffe Alsager, Cheshire
Does anyone know of a property with the name castellemar. This could be a wrong spelling. My husbands great uncle Luke Stancliffe was a butler at this house and after the master of the house died he married the daughter. We have an old picture of the house but have no idea where it is or what it looks like now. Would love any information.
Tue Mar 25 10:27:02 2008

Brian, from Chester
Does anyone know what the ruin on Cefn Du is? It is constructed in brick, the roof is missing, and has small square holes all along the sides, approx. 7' from the ground.
Wed Feb 27 09:45:36 2008

Joan Paparo, Hockley, Essex
Can anyone give me any further information on Morgan LLoyd Wine Merchant 1817-1894? Where can I find any photos of Morgan and his family? I am researching our family tree.
Web team: Joan, you might be interested to see our Coast walk in Caernarfon where Morgan Lloyd is mentioned.

Fri Dec 14 09:56:51 2007

Martin Kressman, Cwm-y-Glo, Caernarfon
To Mavis Gray, Rhosgadfan: The Victoria dock was sold for £1 by Gwynedd Council because they believed it reflected the extensive liabilities and costs attached to developing the site.
Mon Oct 8 13:39:05 2007

Mavis Gray, Rhosgadfan
Re, the Victoria Dock development, why did Gwynedd Council sell the land for £1?
Tue Sep 11 09:43:57 2007

Kathy Barker from Manchester
Can anyone tell me anything about Ruth Janette Ruck, a hill farmer on the stony hillside just beyond Nantmor.She wrote three books about her struggle to farm in Snowdonia and I once took tea with her in the farmhouse kitchen.At that time she was suffering from Multiple Sclerosis.I also met her daughter Ann.I can find nothing about her on the internet ... can anyone help please?
Mon Jun 11 10:06:03 2007

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