Local history books by a local author . . .
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£8
From the Waterloo Bridge, Betws-y-Coed, to the Crimea Pass, pausing in beautiful Pont-y-Pant Dolwyddelan village and Pont Rufeinig along the way. A journey through the Lledr Valley following the A470.
£7
Of the Dolwyddelan men who volunteered, some didn’t make it past the medical, some couldn’t make it to the end of the six months training, other spent months or even years in France, Greece, Germany etc. fighting bravely. All wanted to do what they saw as their duty for their home and for their country, Wales.
Over 60 men left Dolwyddelan, Roman Bridge and Pont-y-Pant to fight in the ‘Great War.’ Most survived, thirteen sadly didn’t, those brave 13 are commemorated on our village War Memorial. This book also remembers those who returned.
£12
Ellis Pierce may not have made ripples in the history of the world, but in the history of our particular part of north Wales he made many ripples. He was no stranger to making the news, as well as reporting it. Between 1875 and 1881, under his bardic name of Ellis o’r Nant, he wrote a column for the Cambrian News, named ‘Dolyddelen and Vicinity’. Not a long period I know, but the information Ellis imparts and the minutiae of Dolwyddelan life he describes, brings a Victorian village to vivid life. It is these articles, edited, with added details that make up this book.