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Ashley Pallis, living in Corfu, Greece
I love Laugharne. My mother Audrey Cartmel lived there from 1988 until she moved to live here with me in 2004...she always used to say they were the happiest years of her life, she lived in a cottage that she made so beautifully inspirational on Gosport street.
She had many wonderful friends whom she loved greatly.I used to visit regularly, loved the village. Her friends and the beautiful surroundings greatly. My Mother died in 2006, but I'd like to thank all the "Laugharnies" for making her life so happy xx
Tue May 26 12:02:33 2009
Dawn Watson, SE London
My husband and I went to Laugharne for a holiday almost two years ago now, but the memories waking up to see the sunrise over the estuary was magical and the taste of the Laugharne bread is deliciously special, different to anything we have ever tasted before or since.
...We made sure that we brought a couple of loaves home with us. If anyone out there knows of the recipe or how we could get some in SE London, it would be wonderful.
Thu Feb 26 14:43:32 2009
Moira Preston from Shropshire
Laugharne has a very special place in my heart since I met my husband there while we were both digging at the castle in the 1980's!(Thank you Richard, if you are listening!) On our days off we would explore the town and surrounding countryside and remember the bakery and fabulous bookshop very well and that punishing climb in the scorching heat, every day, back up to the caravan site where all the diggers stayed.
I bought a copy of 'A Child's Christmas in Wales' and each time I read it I think of our time there. We've been back a few times, then later with our daughter, wandering around all the old haunts. It was certainly the start of our journey!
Thu Feb 26 14:10:10 2009
Rosemary Roberts (Cheltenham)
I was born and bred in Laugharne, so were my children it was a great place to live you couldn't go more than a few yards without stopping to chat to someone - we were a friendly bunch us Laugharnies, sadly none of us live there now but we certainly don't neglect the old place we love going back home (that's what it will always be) a few times a year.
Fri Aug 15 16:16:35 2008
Sara Morton, Hampshire
I feel very proud to be able to say that my father and his siblings grew up in Laugharne and my brother and I have many happy childhood memories staying with my Auntie Laura and Uncle George in Victoria Street, Laugharne. Going each morning to the bakery to collect fresh bread I can still smell that wonderful smell. Sadly we have no-one left now in Laugharne and my dad and all but one of his siblings (Dorothy who is now 98!)have died but I visit once a year with my children and still love the feelings of nostalgia I get driving past the church and walking along the cliff path.
Mon Apr 28 10:56:57 2008
ruth roberts
Although I have never lived in Laugharne myself it always feels special to me as my mother's family were born and bred 'Larnies' from as far back as I can go 1600s. The HARRY family.
They were lowly fisherfolk but I always feel close to my roots when in Laugharne...It's a shame that if ever Laugharne is on TV these days it has to either be about Dylan Thomas or Hurst House Hotel - as if all the centuries of history connected with the castle, church, and inhabitants never happened!
Fri Nov 16 09:36:23 2007
cherril watts
I grew up in Laugharne. My childhood was wonderful, the freedom we all had as children to explore the castell and Dylan's house everyday was an adventure. Laugharne will always hold a special place in my thoughts, although now when I go back it has chnaged so much, I wonder are there still eels in the river?
Wed Aug 15 12:13:09 2007
Irene Coles
I love Laugharne as my Mum comes from there, and I have many memories of very happy holidays spent there as a child. My grandmother Sarah Rasson was such a lovely Nanna, and although I only saw her once a year she always showed such love to all who knew her, and treated me just the same as my other locally living cousins; Anthony and Gillian Robinson, and Robert and Susan Wright. Making sure we came in from the street whenever Dylan Thomas was making his drunken way back to the boathouse as his language was often unfit for our childish ears!
Tue Jun 12 16:17:17 2007
Rona Kerr
Laugharne is a place of poets, artists, local characters and rugby, where there is always a warm and friendly welcome from the locals. Steeped in history,it has a corporation with a court leet and court baron. A beautiful church and many local clubs and societies. It is an idyllic place to live, far from the madding crowd.
Tue Feb 13 08:57:35 2007
Steve Thomas
I'm a local Laugharnie from my offspring, I have been born and breed from the beginning of my time. Laugharne is a historic place and very clean. I love the local heroes of the time who walk around on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday night talkin to themselves, names will not be mentioned. But what a place!
Mon Feb 5 18:38:59 2007
Joe Bloggs, Carmathen
I love the old characters of Laugharne, which sadly are a dying breed. They had their own particular dialect, customs and culture. Today, with the influx of incomers and abundance of holiday homes, the original laugharnees are hard to find. Laugharne is still a beautiful, idyllic place to live, faraway from the hustle and bustle of city life. A haven of peace, a twenty first century sanctuary.
Wed Jan 10 08:37:55 2007
Terence Warner - Saundersfoot
As a boy pre 50's I would cycle to Laugharne with a mate who's grand parents lived there in, now, Water Street.
In those days men would fish for flatties with a pronged fork.
Feeling the fish with their bare feet would then "stab" the fish.
It was a long bike ride from Whitland.
What a shame that in modern times people have to festoon the Court Leet building with their advertising boards.
Mon Nov 6 16:29:01 2006
Kevin Narbett, Abingdon, Oxford
I have lived in Oxfordshire now for 6 years, but before this Laugharne was my home. What do I miss? I miss the fishing, the hunting, the long walks, the local rugby, the freindly local people, the pubs, the boathouse, the castle, the stories, the local bakery,(where I used to work)the scenery, the views, but most of all I miss my childhood and teenage years,the reason why? I could not ask for more when I was growing up!
Mon Oct 9 09:18:02 2006
Paul Meredith, San Francisco
As an exiled Swansea Jack living in the US, I took my American wife to Laugharne last year and she now shares my enchantment with the place. As a boy, it introduced me to Dylan Thomas and I read "A Child's Christmas in Wales" to my wife every year.
We love the castle, the estuary, the boat house and, of course, the pubs!
Thu Sep 21 08:59:20 2006
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