Families living in cottages like Tal y Braich in the nineteenth century would have kept their own animals to provide food. They would have kept pigs, cows, sheep and chickens providing them with meat, milk and eggs.
It was the women and children who looked after the animals, and the important vegetable garden. They had to produce almost everything they needed to eat themselves and it was very hard work.
From the archive
Teaching resources
Print off archive images and documents from the 1890s to use in class.
Snowdonia 1890 Uncovered
Uncover the historical facts behind Snowdonia 1890 as we delve into the archives.
BBC Wales Blogs
Wales History
Clough Williams-Ellis, the man who built the Prisoner's Village
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Phil Carradice, 24 May 2011
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