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Diary
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January. Friday 1 Feeding (the animals) Robert has taken the
pigs to Sarn. Saturday 2 B W 11 am to 4 pm. Sunday 3 Joseff Jones at 2 and 6. B W 12 to 5 pm. Monday 4 Building a wall at Eifion. B W 1 to 6 pm.
William Camdda Buarth is preaching at Tan y Foel. Tuesday 5 At Eifion in the morning. B w 2 to 7 pm. Wednesday 6 At Eifion in the morning. B W 3 to 8 pm.
A letter comes from Berch to say that Harry has died. Thursday 7 At Eifion. Friday 8 - At
trip putting in the oven and closing the chimney. Saturday 9 B W 8 pm to 1am. Sunday 10 Prayer Meeting at 2 and 6. Monday 11 Digging to put in spikes to hold the porch
for the kitchen at Ael bryn. Tuesday 12 At Trip. B W 9 pm to 2 am. Wednesday 13 In the garden at Ael bryn. Thursday 14 B W 3 to 8 am. Friday 15 B W 2 to 7 pm. Saturday 16 B W money £1/8/1d.B W 8 pm to 1 am. Sunday 17 Gwilym Roberts at 2 on the Mission.
Gwynfryn Evans at 6. B W 11 am to 3pm. John Terfyn starts at 4. Monday 18 B w 7 to 12. Money 5/7d. Fog and rain. Tuesday 19 Went to Pwllheli with the Post lorry to
fetch wood to make the porch and buy an oven for the stove. Wednesday 20 Thursday 21 At the Post repairing the wing of the
shop. Was up all night with Daniel the heifer was calving. Friday 22 B W 7 to 12 noon. Saturday 23 Sunday 24 John Lewis was meant to come. Prayer
Meeting at 2 and 6. Monday 25 B W 4.30 to 8.30 am. Willie Eifion calls
at 11.30 pm. B W money £2/8/6d. nine clear shifts. At Talafon putting in the
oven. Tuesday 26 Digging the patch under the aisle. Went
to Pencarau shop to pay for my trousers and two pairs of under pants. Wednesday 27 At Trip. Thursday 28 B W Thick fog 2 pm to 7 pm. Came up to
stop Owen Owens as the watch was finishing at seven. Friday 29 Saturday 30 Started on the kitchen porch at Ael
Bryn. Sunday 31 Arthur Morgan Aberdaron at 2. February. Monday 1 Put the frame around the porch door in the
morning. Feeding and trenching around the haystacks at Penarfynydd in the
afternoon. Tuesday 2 Thrashing at Penarfynydd. Wednesday 3 Feeding and capping the stacks. Thursday 4
Thrashing the barley at Penarfynydd. News comes that the old drover W Jones has
died. The weather has been quiet all week. Friday 5 Gathering gorse, and putting ropes on the
haystack as well as starting to cap it. Extremely warm today. Saturday 6 Capping
the barley stack. Feeding. Robert takes the sow to the boar. Pound of butter
1/9d. Sunday 7 Local arrangements. G Thomas, Elis Jones, O
Owens, at 2. G Thomas. E Hughes, O Owens at 6. Griffith Williams Fron Oleu dies
at Llyshyfryd. Monday 8 Feeding and capping the barley stack.
Its a warm afternoon again today. Tuesday 9 Half until 2.30 on the Penarfynydd clock.
LSA at 2 pm 5/-. Wednesday 10 Half in the morning gathering gorse.
Griffith Williams Fron Oleus funeral. Pound of butter 1/-. B W 3.30 to 9.30
pm. Money 11/3d. Thursday 11 Mucking out in front of the cowshed
door. Edmunds shows pictures with the magic lantern at the school. Friday 12 Went to Refail Bach to fetch the wheels.
Mucking out in the afternoon. Saturday 13 Mucking out. Pound of butter 1/-. Sunday 14 Joseff Jones at 2 and 6. Monday 15 Gathering gorse in the morning mucking out
in the afternoon. Tuesday 16 Mucking out the shed. John Morris Ty
Rhedyn helps me out in the afternoon. Paid 10/4 rates to Morris Negraig who was
in Penarfynydd. Wednesday 17 Owen Roberts Glan Gorss funeral.
Finished mucking the potatoes and mangles, spread ten loads on the surface of
cae penrorsedd. Thursday 18 Muck spreading. Pound of butter 1/6d.
John Evans finishes digging the garden. Friday 19 Feeding. Robert takes the big sow to Sarn. Saturday 20 Feeding. Robert and Rolant close the
furrows in cae pant. The mare gets sick at 4 pm, by midnight shes dead. Pound
of butter 1/6d. Sunday 21 John Emrys at 2 and 6. Went to Penarfynydd
in the morning to get the mare out of the stable. Monday 22 Buried the mare. Tuesday 23 Feeding and muck spreading at the bottom
of dryll mawr. Trustees meeting at Pisgah. Wednesday 24 Big spring tide. Feeding and finishing
the ploughing in cae pant. Rolant has gone to Ysgo thrashing. Pound of butter
1/6d. Thursday 25 Rolant starts on dryll cefnenus. Took
the heifer, feeding, gathering gorse. Pound of butter. Mary Cytiaus here as
Jini Syntyr isnt home. Friday 26 Feeding, gathering gorse. Capping the corn
stack with the straw from the side of the field. Saturday 27 Feeding, gathering gorse, capping with
straw again. Pound of butter 1/6d. Its been very dry this month. Sunday 28 Evans who used to be a lay agent from
Amlwch. B W 11 pm to 4 am. Monday 29 Strong winds from the east, B W 7 to midnight. March Tuesday 1 At home in the garden and fixing the hen
coop. Wednesday 2 Sharpening the blades of the mill. Pound
of butter 1/8d. Thursday 3 Gathered a bundle of gorse, capped straw,
fed the stock. Robert sells the bull. Friday 4 Feeding, gathering gorse. Robert goes to
Bodwrdda to look for a lamb for the sheep that lost hers. Saturday 5 Feeding, gathered two loads of gorse.
Griffith Parry comes to get me Rolant wants me to pull a lamb in the bottom
meadow. Pound of butter 1/8d. Sunday 6 Morgan Aberdaron. B W 1 to 6 am. Monday 7 Feeding, gathering gorse. Rolant goes to
get a lamb for the ewe from Ysgo. B W money £1/2/6d. Tuesday 8 Feeding. The big cow calves in the
morning. Theres no butter to be had this week so I have to buy it from the
Post. Wednesday 9 Half in the morning. Nell and John go to
town in the afternoon. Thursday 10 Feeding, gathering gorse. Rolant is muck
spreading in dryll mawr. Friday 11 Feeding, gathering gorse. John Cefn Coch
tries to buy the dun cow. Saturday 12 Feeding. Robert takes the bull away. Sunday 13 Gwynfryn Evans the one thats in place
of the preacher at Pwllheli. At 2. We have a collection for the Sunday school
representatives 2/-. Monday 14 Sent the Sunday school accounts to Gwilym
Evans Idris Cafι Cricieth. Feeding, gathering gorse. Rolant has gone to
Meillionydd to fetch the cow. Pound of butter 1/8d. Tuesday 15 Feeding, gathering gorse, capping the
corn stack. Robert owes me £16/10/6d so far, but the money for the butter must
be deducted. Pound of butter 1/3d. Wednesday 16 Feeding. Rolant and I take the heifer
to Bodwyddog to the bull. Thursday 17 Half in the morning I come home to plant
early potatoes. Friday 18 Feeding and took two cows to the bull.
Rolant is thrashing at Bodwyddog. Pound of butter 1/3d. Saturday 19 Feeding, gathered two loads of gorse.
Dry weather. Sunday 20 Joseff Jones at 2. Aberdaron Sunday school
meeting. Kate Robert Owen Brynffynnon dies at Erw Llanbedrog. No rain in either
February or March. Monday 21 Feeding and gathered two loads of gorse.
Owen Ty Hen and Walter slaughter the dun cow. B W 11 pm to 4 am. Tuesday 22 Feeding, moved the calves. Pound of
butter 1/8d. Wednesday 23 Gathered gorse and fed the stock and
then went to help Robert finish the ploughing in bryncaerwyn. Thursday 24 Gathering gorse and feeding the stock.
Robert tills cae crwth for the second time. The weather is very dry. Friday 25 B W 4am to 9 Daniel calls for me. Finished
planting most of the potatoes, except for three rows near the peas. Saturday 26 B W 5 am to 10. Half in the afternoon
feeding. Pound of butter 1/8d. Sunday 27 Morgan Aberdaron at2. Prayer Meeting at 6. Monday 28 Feeding and gathering gorse. Tuesday 29 Heavy rain today. Started fencing off the
mountain fenced the barn field hedge. B W 8 pm to 1 am. Wednesday 30 Half feeding and gathering gorse
started 10.30 til 5. Went to Ty Rhyd to re install the oven. Pound of butter
18d. Thursday 31 Another day (work) April. Friday 1 Feeding and gathered three loads of gorse.
Heavy rain at teatime. B W 7.30 to 12.30 am. Saturday 2 Feeding. Pound of butter 1/9d. Sunday 3 Jones that used to be the lay agent here at
6. Monday 4 Feeding, gathered two bundles of gorse.
Fencing the mountain for a while in the afternoon. Parish Council Meeting this
evening. Tuesday 5 Feeding, gathered two loads of gorse.
Started furrowing car crwth. Wednesday 6 Feeding then we were sent to furrow in
the morning. Went to Bytilith 5 o clock on Penarfynydd clock B W 4.30 to 9.30
pm. Pound of butter 1/9d. The butter is a total of £1/4/5d up until April 6th. Thursday 7 B W 7.30 to noon. Cold weather the wind
is from the northwest. Friday 8 Feeding in the morning. Rolant is home. The
heifer has a calf. Started spreading manure on the potatoes in cae crwth. £17/15/0d
is owing after deducting the butter. Saturday 9 Daniel calls for me. Half feeding. Robert
goes to Tyddyn Morthwyl to fetch a calf. Butter from the Post. Sunday 10 G Thomas Roberts Botwnnog at 2. B W 5.30
to 9.30 am. John E Williams at 6. Monday 11 Feeding, gathering gorse and spreading
manure on the potatoes. Tuesday 12 Gathering gorse, spreading manure. Butter
from the post. Wednesday 13 Planting potatoes. Daniel comes to get
me to go Bytilith B W 6 pm to 11 pm. Thursday 14 Feeding, then fencing from pen llasgwrn
down to porth iwrch. Friday 15 Feeding and finishing fencing the
mountain. Saturday 16 Feeding, gathering gorse. Fixed the gate
at borthwen isa. Sent the sheep to the mountain. Pound of butter 1/8d. B W money
£3/3/0d clear. 57 days. Sunday 17 B W 3 to 8 am and 1 pm to 6 pm. John
Terfyn wasnt home. Hard wind east north east. Daniel is poorly. Monday 18 Feeding and started sowing cae pant. Tuesday 19 Sowing and planted Cadwgan potatoes in
the garden. Wednesday 20 Feeding. Planted Lon Las potatoes and
onions. Pound of butter 1/8d. Thursday 21 Feeding and sowing in cae pant. John
Morris Ty Rhedyn comes to fetch a peck and a half of oats. Friday 22 Feeding and finishing with the sowing in
cae pant. Saturday 23 Feeding and levelling cae pant. Sunday 24 Gwynfryn Evans at 2 and 6.30. Went to Ty
Fry with Daniel. Daniel goes to Deunant chapel to lead the singing. Monday 25 Feeding. Went to Llawenan to fetch a peck
of oats, started on dryll cefnenus. Tuesday 26 Eliza Tyn Cae dies at 2 am. Finished
sowing oats at dryll cefnenus. Started planting potatoes in cae crwth. Wednesday 27 Feeding and sowed the end of cae crwth
which is nearest to Bytilith. Pound of butter 1/8d. Thursday 28 Feeding, levelling the pasture in cae
penrorosedd. Robert has gone to the sale. Rain all night. Friday 29 Good rain last night. Feeding and
levelling in cae crwth. Weeding in the afternoon. Saturday 30 Feeding and finished weeding the roots in cae crwth. No butter 68 and a half days. May. Sunday 1- John Lewis Pwllheli at 2 and 6.30. Monday2 Feeding and repairing the gate at bryncaerwyn.
Rolant goes to town in the afternoon. Tuesday 3 Finishing sowing the oats in cae crwth. Wednesday 4 Finished dryll cefnenus and started
levelling the barley in bryncaerwyn. Theres a cold north wind. Thursday 5 Sowing oats and barley in the bottom end
of bryncaerwyn. Friday 6 Finished sowing the oats. Saturday 7 Hailstones today. Sowing grass seeds on
the plain in bryncaerwyn. Robert has gone to Bodfean today to deliver the two
heifers. 75 days today. B W money 11/3d. Sunday 8 John Emrys at 2 and 6.30. Rain. Monday 9 - Finished
the grass seed. Tuesday 10 Sowing clover seed on the plain in
bryncaerwyn and rolling it in the afternoon. Wednesday 11 Spreading mangle manure (compost?) and
burying it. B W 8 pm to 1 am. Thursday 12 Heavy rain and fog, raining for two
days. B W 3 pm to 8 pm. Friday 13 Rain again today. May fair. At Llawenan
had £1/2/0d from Griffith Williams for repairing Carreg Lefain Bach. Saturday 14 LSA 6/-. Fine day. Sunday 15 Morgan Aberdaron at 2 and 6.30. BW 10 pm
to 3 am. Monday 16 Home today. Went to Bodowen to get the
tiles to tile the pantry floor at Bryn Difyr. Tuesday 17 At Bryn Difyr laying the tiles. 8 baskets
of sand for Bryn Difyr. Wednesday 18 Went to fetch the dresser and the
chairs from Ty Newydd for Bryn Difyr. Nell has gone to town. Heavy rain in the
afternoon. Thursday 19 B W 3 to 8 am. At Bryn Difyr putting the
grate in the parlour. Friday 20 - BW
8 am to noon. Finished with grate and plastered the bedroom at Bryn Difyr
and then went to get a load of furniture. Saturday 21 At Bryn Difyr putting the clock together
and in its place. In the afternoon went to Sarn and TY Fair. Sunday 22 Ellis O Lloyd Porthmadog at 2 and 6.30. Monday 23 At Bryn Difyr finishing the ceiling in the
bedroom. Tuesday 24 Repairing the gate posts at Pisgah
chapel. BW money £1/2/6d. Wednesday 25 Half went to get a load of furniture
from Gorffwysfa to Bryn Difyr. Thursday 26 Planted a few potatoes in cae crwth, not
far from the carrots. Friday 27 Tegla Davies is at Pisgah. Im at Tan
Ffordd and fearing the worst. Saturday 28 Daniel pays me 4/6d BW money. Repaired
the chair and the loo. Sunday 29 to 31. June Wednesday 1 to 17 At Tan Ffordd. Sunday 18 Washed the sheep at trwynau. Picked
potatoes at Ael Bryn. Monday 19 to 22- Thursday 23 The final exam with Bytilith. Friday 24 Shearing at Tan Ffordd. Saturday 25 to 28 Wednesday 29 Had 10/- for the four times I went to
Bytilith to learn about the distress flag signals. Thursday 30 Heavy rain last night, it hasnt rained before this month. Thomas Berch is here this evening. July Friday 1 B W 12 to 5 am. Saturday 2 Sunday 3 BW 1 to 5 am. Monday 4 BW 1 to 6 am. LSA and Whip drill 5/-. Tuesday 5 BW money 15/9d. Wednesday 6 - Started
mowing the hay at Conion. Thursday 7 to 9 Sunday 10- B W 8.30 to 1.30 pm. Monday 11 Cut the field next to Conion and the hovel
field. Tuesday 12 Raking the grass in the hovel field. Wednesday 13 - Started
carrying the field in front of Bodgrugyn Conion. Thunder and rain. Thursday 14 Went to Aberdaron with Thomas my
brother. Friday 15 Carried two fields at Conion. Saturday 16 Heavy rain all day. Thomas goes home
after tea. Sunday 17 to 22 - Saturday 23 Got
the hay at Conion. Sunday 24 Went to visit my sister at Llanbedrog. Monday 25 Tuesday 26 Cut the top part of the field below the
house at Tan ffordd and carried clover from the bottom field near the chapel. Wednesday 27 B W 1 am to 5. Thursday 28 Carried hay from the hill at the back of
Tan Ffordd. Friday 29 Laura and the children are here. Saturday 30 BW 1.30 to 6.30. Sunday 31 August. Monday 1 to 2. Wednesday 3 We all go to Pwllheli. Thursday 4 Got the hay at Tan y Ffordd. Aberdaron
Regatta. Friday 2 to 6 Sunday 7 BW 12 to 5 am. Monday 8 Tuesday 9 BW 3 to 10 Wednesday 10 BW money £1/9/0d. My sister Catherine
dies. Thursday 11 to 12 Saturday 13 My sister Catherine s funeral in
Llanbedrog, she was 71. Sunday 14 Morgan Aberdaron at 2 and 6.30. Monday 15 to 16 Hot humid misty weather. Wednesday 17 B W fog 6 pm to 10 pm. Thursday 18 Fog due to the heat. Rhoshirwaen
Preaching Festival. At Penarfynydd until 9 carrying the barn field. Had £6 from
Robert Evans. Friday 19 Went to the sheepdog trials at Nefyn. Saturday 20 Half at Penarfynydd finishing raking the
sides of the barn field.. Sunday 21 John Emrys at 2 and 6.30. BW fog 4 to 8
am. Monday 22 Half getting the sheep off the mountain we
think they may have maggots. Tuesday 23 Half dipping the sheep. Wednesday 24 Half with the haystack. Two men come
about the wireless. Thursday 25 Finishing with the haystack then went to
Aberdaron after tea. RHT is here. Friday 26 Three quarters starting to cut the corn at
bryncaerwyn. Mrs Mills comes to stay. Saturday 27 Finishing cutting the top end of
bryncaerwyn. Sunday 28 Joseff Jones at 10 and D Griffith Bethel
at 6.30. Monday 29 Three quarters starting cutting the oats
at dryll cefnenus. Rain this evening. Tuesday 30 Three quarters finishing with the oats at
dryll cefnenus. Rain. Wednesday 31 Three quarters cutting cae pant. September. Thursday 1 Richard takes the dun cow to the bull.
Half making ropes. Robert takes the heifer to the sale in Sarn. Friday 2 BW 7 pm to 12. Saturday 3 Finishing cutting cae pant. Sunday 4 Hugh Williams Caernarfon at 2 and 6.30.
Richard takes the black cow to the bull. Monday 5 At Tan Ffordd. Rain. Tuesday 6 Rain. BW money 14/7d. Wednesday 7 Went to town, John Tyn Ffoess writ. Thursday 8 BW 1 to 5 am. Friday 9 Saturday 10 At Conion making room for the corn in
the stable loft. Monday 11 BW 9.30 to 2.30 pm. RHT. Tuesday 12
-At Tan Ffordd. Its really poor with the corn. Wednesday 13 At Ty Lon Fawr repairing the door frame
by the kitchen. Thursday 14 At Ty Lon Fawr again. Friday 15 to 17 Sunday 18 Joseff Jones at 2 and 6.30. Monday 19 Finishing getting the corn at Tan Ffordd. Tuesday 20 With the barley and in cae pant at
Penarfynydd. Wednesday 21- Carrying barley again. Thursday 22 Carrying corn from Conion and thrashing. Friday 23 Thrashing at Conion and carrying the straw
home. Saturday 24 Carrying cae pant with rakes. Sunday 25 G Thomas Roberts Botwnnog at 2. BW 4 am to
9. Monday 26 Thrashing started 4 pm til 9. Tuesday 27 Finished with the barley then went
thrashing to Ty Rhedyn and Llawenan. Wednesday 28 In town today had a £1 fine for not
having a licence for the radio. Thursday 29 to 30 October Saturday 1 Sunday 2 An old gentleman from Barmouth and Terwyn
Jones Talsarnau at 6. BW 12 to 5 pm. Monday 3 Capping the corn stack. Tuesday 4 Same again. Wednesday 5 Went to Nefyn to the finance meeting
(chapels) Fine day. Laura and RHT come here. Thursday 6 Capping the corn stack. Auction at Bryn.
Rain. Friday 7 BW 3am to 8am. Saturday 8 Sunday 9 Gwyn Jones Aberdaron for the first time. Monday 10 Rolant is at Ysgo thrashing. Tuesday 11 Robert and Rolant have gone to Pendre
Aberdaron to fetch the bull. BW money 15/9d Wednesday 12 Finishing capping the corn stack and
the little stack. Laura and RHT go back home. Thursday 13 Daniel calls BW 8 am to 1 pm. Friday 14 Bull for the roan cow. At Tyn Parc. Saturday 15 BW 4 am to 9 am. Working on the hay and
corn stacks. Sunday 16 John Ellis Williams at 2 and 6. Monday 17 Thanksgiving. Catherine HW Bwlchs
wifes funeral. Tuesday 18 BW 12.30 to 5.30 am. Putting ropes on the
haystack. Wednesday 19 Putting ropes on the haystack. It rains
at teatime. Thursday 20 BW 2 am to 7 am. Watchmens drill at 2
pm. BW money £1/8/1d. Friday 21 Carrying the straw that got wet, took the
corn to the shed. Rain, then we made ropes with the straw. Saturday 22 Made a manger for the heifer in the
ponys stall at Tan Ffordd. Sunday 23 Joseff Jones at 2. Monday 24 At Carreg Lefain Bach for a quarter. Rain
. half at Penarfynydd in the afternoon. Tuesday 25 Three quarters at Carreg Lefain Bach
building a cowshed.Rain. Wednesday 26 BW 1.30 to 6.30 am. Ar Carreg Lefain
Bach. Thursday 27 Three quarters at Carreg Lefain Bach. Friday 28 At Carreg Lefain Bach. Sent a letter to my
brother Thomas. Saturday 29 Half at Carreg Lefain Bach. Rain in the
afternoon. BW and drill money 7/10d. Sunday 30 BW 8 am to 1 pm. Monday 31 BW 4 am to 9 am. Bad cold have very bad bouts of coughing. November. Tuesday 1 Three quarters at Carreg Lefain Bach.
Coughing badly couldnt sleep last night. John Morfa Bach dies. Wednesday 2 Thursday 3 Quarter at Carreg Lefain Bach. BW money
11/3d.BW 12.30 to 5.30pm. DR comes to the hut to get me. Friday 4 I repair the case of the clock for Miss
Williams Brynmor. John Morfa Bachs funeral at Nebo. Saturday 5 At Carreg Lefain Bach. Sunday 6 Jones Rhostryfan at 2 and 6. No chapel as I
was coughing badly during the night. Monday 7 At Carreg Lefain. Fine day. Tuesday 8 Half picking potatoes at Penarfynydd. Wednesday 9
BW Money 5/7d. Thomas Berch was here last night. Thursday 10 Friday 11 Went to the autumn fair. Saturday 12 Sunday 13 Hugh Williams Caernarfon at 2 and 6. Monday 14 LSA 5/-. Tuesday 15 Wednesday 16 With Daniel mixing lime in the
afternoon. Thursday 17 At Carreg Lefain putting the timber on
the cowshed. Friday 18 At Carreg Lefain Bach finishing putting
the timber on the cowshed and putting corrugated on the sides. Saturday 19 At Carreg Lefain finishing the
corrugated. Sunday 20 John Emrys at 10. Monday 21 At Carreg Lefain Bach putting large stones
at the botton end of the cowshed and making a door. Tuesday 22 Heavy rain today. Wednesday 23 Plastering the straw cowshed at
Bwlchgarreg. Thursday 24 Half at Carreg Lefain. BW 12 to 5 pm. Friday 25 At Carreg Lefain paving in front of the
door. Saturday 26 BW 3 to 8 am. At Carreg Lefain Bach
cementing the inside. Sunday 27 John E Williams at 2 and 6. BW 4 am to 9. Monday 28 At Carreg Lefain paving and filling in
under the corrugated. Rev Edmunds goes to the school to give the children a show
with the magic lantern. Tuesday 29 Repairing the churn at Rhiwlas for
Daniel. BW 1 to 6 pm. Mary Jones s funeral at Nebo. Wednesday 30 At Carreg Lefain finishing the paving. December. Thursday 1 At Carreg Lefain finishing the inside. Friday 2 BW 8 am to 1 pm. Daniel calls for me as he
goes down in the morning. BW money £1/8/1d. Topping the aisle at Rhiwlas. Saturday 3 - At
Tan Ffordd chaffing for the cattle. Weighing Edgar Morris 43lbs, Isaac Thomas
48lbs, Leila Mary 50lbs. BW 9 pm to 12 am. A new newspaper called Y Cymro comes
out for the first time. Sunday 4 Ellis O Lloyd Porthmadog. Monday 5 to 6- Wednesday 7 With the oven in Bwlchgarreg 2/-. Thursday 8 BW went to Porth Ysgo to keep an eye on
the ship that was anchored in the bay. Friday 9 Putting a grate in at Bodowen. Cold wind
from the east. Saturday 10 Cold wind from the east. WJT refuses to
go the BW, hes cleaning his motor. BW 15/9d. Sunday 11 Gwyn Jones the preacher at 10. Tecwyn
Evans is on the wireless. BW 1 am to 5. Monday 12 BW 1 to 6 am. Tuesday 13 to 14 -
My hip is bad, it hurts while walking, the shoes I wore at the end of the
year are to blame as they werent waterproof Im sure of it. Thursday 15 BW 11.30 to 4.30 am. Friday 16 Eleven years ago today I lost my dear son
Isaac, the 16th was a Friday then too. Saturday 17 BW 5.30 to 10.30 am. Sunday 18 Joseff Jones at 2 and 6. BW 6.30 to 11.30
am. Monday 19 BW 12.30 to 5.30 pm. Tuesday 20 to 21 Thursday 22 BW 2 am to 7. Friday 23 Installing the oven at Brynhyfryd 3/-. Saturday 24 BW 10.30 to 3.30 am. Christmas card from
Williams in America. Boiled the pudding at Tan Ffordd. Sunday 25 John Emrys at 10. We all have Christmas
dinner at Tan Ffordd. Monday 26 Tuesday 27 Churning at Tan Ffordd. Wet day. I
brought a cockerel home from Tan Ffordd. Wednesday 28 Thursday 29 BW 6.30 to 11.30 pm. Friday 30 BW money. £2.9/6d. Saturday 31 BW 2.30 am to 7.30 am January 1933.
Strong winds and heavy rain from the south. ~~~~~~~~~ Diary's from Mr E Morris, thank you very much. |
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