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Diary
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January Sunday 27 No chapel at Tan y Foel. Joseff Jones at 2
and 6. Monday 28 Shift quarrying in the afternoon. Richard
Baronhill takes my insurance card to Edeyrn. Tuesday 29 Half shift. LSA practice in the
afternoon. Wednesday 30 Shift. Roberts returns from Liverpool. Thursday 31 Shift loading the lorry. Pay 32/19/6d.
Went to Pengroes to fetch my shoes. February Friday 1 Shift loading the lorry. Saturday 2 - Shift
discharging stone onto the road. Sunday 3 At Tan y Ffordd. Youth instead of Glyn
Roberts. Monday 4 Shift laying pipes to get the water out of
the Nant. Fine dry weather. Tuesday 5 Shift at Nant. W Roberts at Nant for the
last time. Wednesday 6 William Roberts Mango dies at two am
today. Shift Hugh Terfyn comes to fetch me from Nant. Thursday 7 Shift. Friday 8 Went to work in the morning Harry Thomas
comes to persuade me to go to W Roberts funeral. Saturday 9 Shift. Rain in the morning. Sunday 10 Evans at 10. Was up all night at Tan y
Ffordd. Monday 11 Shift carrying pipes to the road at
Benallt. Tuesday 12 Lewis G Jones starts work at Nant today.
Dry weather. Wednesday 13 Shift. Thursday 14 Shift carrying the pipes down to the
beach in order to get the water out of Nant.
Pay £2/14/8d. Auction at Cae Crwth poor Sal. Friday 15 Shift pipe laying in the level at Nant.
The weather is cold and icy. Saturday 16 - Shift
pipe laying in the level. No rain for days. Sunday 17 Thomas BA Cricieth. Up all night with
mother. Dry cold icy weather. Monday 18 Shift pipe laying in the level. Tuesday 19 Shift pipe laying in the level. Bob is at
Blawdty. No rain for days. Wednesday 20 - Shift
connecting the pipes in the morning , repairing the road from the smithy to the
boiler hut at Nant in the afternoon. Thursday 21 Shift clearing the way for a trolley to
fetch the gear for the oil engine at Groeslon, installed a grate in the office
in the afternoon. Had a letter from the South. Friday 22 Shift repairing the old smithy in the yard
at Porth Ysgo. Saturday 23 Shift quarrying at Benallt. Had a letter
from Williams in America. The weather is still dry. Dick finishes ploughing the
field below the house at Tan y Ffordd. There is heavy smoke from the blaze on
the mountain. Sunday 24 H Hughes at 2 and 6. Mother is very poorly
today. Monday 25 Shift quarrying at Benallt. Dry weather,
the mountains are set alight. Tuesday 26 Shift quarrying again. Dry and cold. Wednesday 27 Shift Icy this morning a little rain by
the afternoon. Betw Tan y Garn dies. Thursday 28 Shift. Pay £2/19/8d. Friday 29 Shift. Cold wind . Bull for the Trewan
cow. March. Saturday 1 Shift. Snow in the evening. Sunday 2 Youth from Pwllheli at 6. Was up all night
at Tan y Ffordd with mother. Snow in the afternoon. Monday 3 Shift the lorry fetches a load after we
left work. Betw Tan y Garns funeral. John wins 2/- at the society. Tuesday 4 Shift. Came at 3 am from the Eisteddfod at
Rhoshirwaen. The weather is icy at times. Wednesday 5 Shift loading the lorry in the morning.
Snow followed by heavy rain. Bob stays up with mother. Thursday 6 - Shift.
Letter from the South. Tedi stays up with mother. Friday 7 - Shift
at Nant putting a piston in the oil engine. Thomas sends some cyiena for mother
from the South. Saturday 8 Mother dies at seven thirty this morning.
Catherine my sister and Richard come here. Went to the cemetery with John
Davies. Sunday 9 Its a fine dry Sunday. Monday 10 Eliza, Tedi and I go to town in Ismaels
motor to buy new clothes. Its a hot day just like summer. Tuesday 11 Went
to Botwnnog to fetch mothers burial paper. Wednesday
12 -Thomas arrives. Its still dry weather. Thursday 13 Mothers funeral. Paid for the coffin
and the flags ( stones) £11/12/0d. Friday 14 Tedi and I go to town to hear the reading
of mothers will. Richard Jones Ty Rhedyn dies. Saturday 15 Went to the new fair. Sunday 16 Eliza, Tedi and I went to church at 10 (
Sion wouldnt get out of bed) Hugh Hughes Tregarth at and 6. Monday 17 Shift on the level above the opening for
the crane at Benallt. Tuesday 18 Shift. Pay £2/14/3d. Paid John Davies £1/0/0d
for mothers grave. Wednesday 19 Shift. Still fine. Thursday 20 Shift at Nant. Richard Jones Ty
Rhedyns funeral. Friday 21 Shift at Benallt in the morning, at Nant
in the afternoon unloading boxes. Furrowed the garden at Tan y Ffordd. Saturday 22 - Shift
at Nant carrying planks in. Fairly misty and rain by the evening. Sunday 23 T Glyn Roberts at 2 and 6. Rain all night.
Abcess on my neck. Monday 24 Shift at Benallt. Tuesday 25 Shift at Nant renewing the pipes on the
cliff. Wednesday 26 William Jones Llawenan dies. Thursday 27 Shift moving the boxes from the road to
the engine shed. Friday 28 Shift with the boxes again. Saturday 29 Shift unloading iron from Nant y
Carws motor. Planted potatoes in the garden at Tan y Ffordd. Dick, J E and I
start furrowing the field below the house at Tan y Ffordd. Sunday 30 - T
H Evans Pisgah at 2 and 6. Griffith Jones Spyrgeon, Penmynydd dies. Monday 31 Shift at Nant. William Jones Llawenans
funeral. April Tuesday 1 Shift at Nant. The weather is cold no
rain. Wednesday 2 Went to town to see about Tan y Ffordd. Thursday 3 Shift at Benallt discharging stones onto
the road. Friday 4 - Shift
at Benallt Griffith Jones Spyrgeons funeral. Saturday 5 - Shift
at Benallt. Finished planting the border at Ael y Bryn. Mowing machine comes to
Carreg Lefain from Bolmynydd Llanbedrog. Sunday 6 Monday 7 Shift at Benallt. Cold and dry. Tuesday 8 Shift at Benallt. Wednesday 9 Shift at Nant finished planting potatoes
in the bottom end of the field at Tan y ffordd. Thursday 10 Shift at Nant. Pay £2/13/11d. Friday 11 Shift. It rained this evening and it was
good to see it. Saturday 12 Sunday 13 John Evans Tyddyn at 6. Snow followed by
rain. Monday 14 - Shift
at Nant making room for the pump. Rain in the morning. Tuesday 15 - Shift
at Nant taking the boxes to Porth Ysgo. Wednesday 16 Shift at Benallt. Finished planting the
big patch at Ael y Bryn. Thursday 17 Shift at Benallt. Friday 18 Shift at Benallt. Saturday 19 Shift. Sunday 20 D H Thomas Cricieth BA. Monday 21 At Ael Bryn putting wire netting between
the two patches. Tuesday 22 Shift. Wednesday 23 Shift. Thursday 24 Shift. John Owen/ Sion Elis dies. Friday 25 Shift. Bob takes the cattle to town with
Evan Jones Penponcyn. Tedi goes after them with the motorbike. Saturday 26 Pay £ /17/8d. Sunday 27 Aneurin LL Hughes. Rain all day. Monday 28 Shift. Tuesday 29 Shift. Wednesday 30 Shift. Thursday 31 Shift. May Thursday1 Shift. Friday 2 - Shift
starting on the muck level at Benallt. Saturday 3-
Shift Sunday 4 Prayer
meeting at 2 and 6. Went to Erw for tea and from there to visit my Uncle Richard
Ty Corn. Monday 5 Shift at Nant putting the pump in place. Tuesday 6 - Shift
again at Nant outing the pump in place. Wednesday 7 Shift at Nant til midday, then went
down at 4 til midnight to pump. Thursday 8 Shift 4 til 12. Wet weather. Friday 9 Shift 4 til 12. Pay £2/12/6d. Saturday 10 Shift 4 til 12. My Uncle Richard Ty
Corns funeral. Sunday 11 - Glyn
Roberts at 2 and 6. Monday 12 Shift getting the pipes out of the level. Tuesday 13 Went to the fair. Wednesday 14 Shift moving the pump. Thursday 15 Shift at Nant in the morning Benallt in
the afternoon. Bag of feed £1/5/0d. Friday 16 Shift at Benallt. Saturday 17 Shift at Benallt in the morning. Shift 4
til 12 pumping instead of John Terfyn. Sunday 18- T
H Evans at 10. Eliza, Hughes, Osborne, Barbera Meillionydd and I take Ismael
s motor (taxi ) down to the singing at Aberdaron. Monday 19 Shift at Benallt. Tuesday 20 Shift. Wet weather. Wednesday 21 Shift. Thursday 22 Shift. Pay £3/3/8d. Dick sells the mare
at the fair. John gets hired to Trygarn. Friday 23 Shift. Ellen Owen the mother of the wife
of Brynawel dies. Saturday 24 Shift. Sunday 25 John Evans Tyddyn 2 and 6. Monday 26 Went to the Singing Festival at Cricieth.
John goes to work at Trygarn.Theres a new pony at tan y Ffordd. The weather
is so so these days. Tuesday 27 Shift.
Hugh isnt at work. Wednesday 28 - Shift. Fine day. Big Meeting at Pisgah
and Sermon session. Ellen Bryntirions funeral. Thursday 29 - Big
Meeting at Pisgah Charles Jones and D R Thomas. Friday 30 Shift. Saturday 31 -. June. Sunday 1 Prayer meeting at 6. Rain no one turned up
for chapel in the morning or afternoon. Rain all night until 4 Sunday afternoon. Monday 2 Shift. Hugh has gone to the singing
festival at Caernarfon. Tuesday 3 Shift. Wednesday 4 Shift. Thursday 5 Shift .Pay £2/7/8d. Friday 6 Shift. Saturday 7 Shift. Sunday 8 Thomas G Ellis at 2 and 6. Monday 9 Made the wheelbarrow. Tuesday 10 Shift. Rain. Wednesday 11 Shift. Rain. Thursday 12 Shift. Rain. Friday 13 Shift. Getting drier. Tudweiliog MCs
singing festival. Saturday 14 Shift. Fine day. Sunday 15 D H Thomas Cricieth at 2 and 6. Monday 16 Shift. Tuesday 17 Shift. Wednesday 18 Shift. Preaching session at Nebo today
and tomorrow, Thomas Coedpoeth and Williams Holyhead. Thursday 19 - Shift.
The wife of Frondywydd s funeral at Nebo. Friday 20 Shift. Saturday 21 Pay £2/12/8d. Shift at Benallt til
12, went to pump at 4 instead of Bob whos gone with evening class to Bangor. Sunday 22 Prayer meeting at 2 and 6. Fine Sunday. Monday 23 Day shift. Tuesday 24
Shift. Wednesday 25 Shift. Thursday 26 Shift. Friday 27 Shift. Sion Owen Waen dies. Saturday 28 Shift. Robert Syntyr and I go to the
fair in the afternoon, Tedi drives Ismaels taxi. Sunday 29 Glyn Roberts at 2. Monday 30 - Shift
found the manganese ore in the rock in the level that goes like a drift through
Benallt. July Tuesday 1 Shift on the ore. Sion Waens funeral.
The weather is poor. Wednesday 2 Shift on the ore again. Tedi goes to
Cricieth with Ismaels taxi. Thursday 3 Shift Robert Syntyr and I level out the
bottom of the level at Benallt. Hugh has gone to Evan Rowlands funeral. Friday 4 Shift. Saturday 5 Shift. Pay £3/2/8d. Heavy rain in the
afternoon. Sunday 6 Evans at 2 and 6. Monday 7 Shift. Tuesday 8 Shift. Wednesday 9 Shift. Thursday 10 Shift. Friday 11 Shift loading the motor ( lorry) Saturday 12 Shift. Bob from Benallt to carry hay at
Ty Croes Bach. The lads from Nant are discharging stone onto the road. Sunday 13 A Ll Hughes Nefyn. Went to Aberdaron in
the evening to listen to T G Ellis preach. Monday 14 Shift. Tuesday 15 Shift. Good day for the hay Robert Syntyr
and I go to Ty Croes to carry hay from the barn field. Wednesday 16 Shift. Some mist. Thursday 17 Shift. Rain today. Pay £2/17/8d. Friday 18 Shift. Saturday 19 Shift. Carried 6 loads of hay at Ty
Croes in the evening. Sunday 20 Thomas BA Cricieth at 2 and 6. Rain all
day. Monday 21 Shift. Rain today. Sent my card to Sam
Edern. Tuesday 22 Shift Parry and William Tangofer at
Benallt. Fine day. Wednesday 23 Shift. Thursday 24 Shift. Saturday 25 Shift. Heavy rain. Sunday 26 Shift. Went to the meeting at Llangwnadl
to choose a shopkeeper ( for the co-operative ) (Missing pages) August. Sunday 24 Joseff Jones at 2 Evans at 6. Monday 25 Shift. Tom, John Parry and Evan Bodwyddog
Bach mow the field at Brynfran. Tuesday 26 Shift. Carried 2 loads with Owen. Wednesday 27 Shift carrying piles from the stage,
carried two loads with Owen. Thursday 28 Shift on the stage. The wind is down
today. Friday 29 Shift at Benallt. Saturday 30 Shift. Pay £2/12/8d. Painted the aisle.
Heavy rain. Sunday 31 Prayer meeting at 10. Bob Humphreys at 6. September. Monday 1 Shift at Nant. Tuesday 2 Shift knocking 2 piles in place. Wednesday 3 Shift knocking piles again. Thursday 4 Shift at Benallt. Friday 5 Shift. Week without rain. Saturday 6 Shift. Taking the hayrick down at
Brynfran in the afternoon. Eliza goes to visit Jini Penbryn Bach. Sunday 7 Glyn Roberts at 2 and 6. Monday 8 Shift. Willie Clwt y Bont and Gwilym
Portmadoc come here. Tuesday 9 Shift. Wednesday 10 Shift. Thursday 11 Shift. Friday 12 Shift.Pay £2/18/11d. Paid Hughes for the
newspaper. Saturday 12 Shift. Sunday 14 Hugh Jones Cricieth at 10 and 6. Only went
to sunday school had a cold. Monday 15 Shift. Tuesday 16 Shift. Wednesday 17 Shift. Thursday 18 Shift. Friday 19 Shift. Had a letter from Nell she wanted
mackerel. Rain this evening. Saturday 20 Shift. Rain in the afternoon. Sunday 21 Put the clocks back, doing it next Sunday
at Pisgah. Prayer meeting at 2 and 6. Monday 22 Shift. Tuesday 23 Shift. Robert Owen Brynffynnon dies.
Robert Syntyr goes to Ellen his brothers wife s funeral. Wednesday 24 Shift. Rain every day, no one is able
to harvest the corn. Thursday 25 Shift. Friday 26 Shift. Pay £ 2/19/8d. Saturday 27 Shift. Robert Owens funeral. Sunday 28 Prayer meeting at 2 and 6. Went to visit
Jini Penbryn Bach. Monday 29 Shift. Rain. Tuesday 30 Shift. Rain. October Wednesday 1 Shift. A little drier today. Eliza has
gone to Ty Fair. Thursday 2 Shift. Friday 3 LSA Practice. Saturday 4 Shift. Sunday 5 Ellis Lloyd Portmadoc. Monday 6 Shift. Tuesday 7 Shift. Wednesday 8 Shift. Thursday 9 Shift. Its rained nearly every day
this week so far. Friday 10 Shift. Saturday 11 Shift. Pay £2/12/8d. Carrying the corn
at Penarfynydd. Paid for the Gweliedydd (journal ) Sunday 12 Thomas BA Cricieth at 2 and 6. Fine day. Monday 13 Shift. Fine day. Carrying corn at
Penarfynydd. Tuesday 14 Shift. Fine day. Wednesday 15 Shift. Robert Syntyr goes to town with
the wool. Thursday 16 Shift. Friday 17 Shift. Saturday 18 Shift. Started putting concrete down in
the yard. Sunday 19 Glyn Roberts at 2 and 6. Monday 20 Harvest. Tuesday 21 Shift. Miss Price and Rev Prichard at the
school. Wednesday 22 Shift. Thursday 23 The engine from Ty Fry comes to
Penarfynydd from Hendre Ucha. Friday 24 Shift. Saturday 25 Shift. Sunday 26 William R Hughes his first time at 2 and
6. Monday 27 Shift. R T Jones at the school. Tuesday 28 Shift. Wednesday 29 Voting day. Thursday 30 Shift. Friday 31 Shift. November Saturday 1- Shift took the lime from Brynglo to Nant
Gadwen to repair Ty Brec. Rain this afternoon. Sunday 2 Thomas BA Cricieth at 10. Monday 3 Shift. Tuesday 4 Shift. Wednesday 5 Shift at Nant. Thursday 6 Shift at Nant. Weather is dry. Friday 7 Shift. Pay £2/12/6d. Saturday 8 Shift at Nant. Sunday 9 Prayer meeting at 2 and 6. Monday 10 Finished repairing Ty Brec at Nant. Tuesday 11 Fine day went to the fair. Wednesday 12 Shift at Benallt. Thursday 13 Shift. Fine weather. Friday 14 Shift. Saturday 15 Shift. Sunday 16 Bob Humphreys Llanbedrog. Monday 17 Shift. Tuesday 18 Shift. Wednesday 19 Shift started loading the SS Amy
Summerfield 44 rounds she came to the pier at 9 am. Thursday 20 Shift finished loading 73 rounds. Friday 21 Shift. Pay £2/9/8d. Saturday 22 Shift. Sunday 23 W H Hughes at 2 and 6. Monday 24 Shift. Tuesday 25 Shift. Wednesday 26 Shift. Thursday 27 - Went
to the preaching session to Llanbedrog. John Murpoeth dies. Friday 28 Shift. Saturday 29 Shift. John Murpoeths funeral. Sunday 30 Prayer meeting at 2 and 6. December. Monday 1 Shift. Tuesday 2 Shift. Wednesday 3- Shift. Thursday 4 Shift. Friday 5 Shift. Jini Brynglo is here Eliza goes with
her to Penbryn Bach. Saturday 6 Shift. Pay £2/13/8d. Paid £2 for oil in
the shop. Sunday 7 Glyn Roberts at 2 and 6. Monday 8 Shift. Tuesday 9 Shift. Wednesday 10 Shift. Thursday 11 Shift. Friday 12 Shift. Saturday 13 Shift. Went from work to install the
oven at Bodwyddog Bach. Sunday 14 Thomas BA Cricieth. Monday 15 Water forces us out of the lower level. Tuesday 16 Shift. Wednesday 17 Shift.
Mist. Thursday 18 Shift. Mist again today. Pay £2/17/8d. Friday 19 Shift. Mist in the morning. Saturday 20 Shift. Misty morning. Sunday 21 Evans at 6. Monday 22 Shift. Tuesday 23 Shift. Wednesday 24 Extremely wet weather this week. Thursday 25 The wheels and timber of the big shaft
collapse this morning. Friday 26 - Rain
again today. Saturday 27 Wind and rain. Sunday 28 W H Hughes at 2. Prayer meeting at 6 Elis
Jones, W Jones Ty Croes, G Thomas, T H Evans, W Jones Llyshyfryd ar plant and
E Hughes yn draws it to a close. Monday 29 Shift discharging stone onto the road.
Everywhere is flooded at Benallt. Tuesday 30 Half shift morning, went home midday.
Shift 4 til 12 on the muck level. Three years today I had a telegram from
Cardiff to say that there was no trace of Isaac s ship. Wednesday 31 - ~~~~~~~~~ Diary's from Mr E Morris, thank you very much. |
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