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In March 1963 I sailed for the USA on the Queen Mary, to spend the next few months seeing as much of the country as I could, travelling chiefly by Greyhound bus on a 99 dollar ticket for 99 days. America was so familiar from films and indeed history lessons and my route was influenced by both: Washington DC, the amazing recreation of 18th century Williamsburg and then the Wild West, I am the ultimate film buff, so Tombstone, Arizona, the OK Co...

A personal diary of the Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdowns in Wales during 2020 - 2021. Local, national and the international picture are also recorded as they were reported in the media.

In this lively and entertaining book an intrepid lady traveller and historian visits the Channel Islands, Isle of Thanet, Isle of Wight, Ramsay & Skomer and the Scillies. Noting along the way, plants, archaeology and wildlife plus useful tips for the independent traveller.

Volume III is divided into two parts which cover the mediaeval ancestors of the family at Peniarth recorded in Volume II and the wives who married into the family. Part I contains a chapter on Ednywain ap Bradwen, ancestor of Gruffudd ab Aron, Chapter II traces the ancestry of his mother Gwenllian, Chapter III traces the descendants of the Lord Rhys ap Gruffudd, several of whom feature in Chapter II, and especially the ancestry of the Griffith...

In Miniature Mania (Part I) I told the story of half my collection of Dollshouses and miniatures and, as my son said, the ink was scarcely dry on that when I was asked about Part II. So here it is. This part of the collection is more eclectic, and includes more recent examples of houses, as indeed Valerie Jackson Douet does in her Dollhouses: A Collectors' Guide. I have also been influenced by a wonderful Museum of Childhood near Llangeler on ...

In this lively and entertaining book an intrepid lady traveller and historian visits the Hebrides, Arran, Mull, Iona, Orkney and Shetland. Noting along the way plants, archaeology and wildlife plus useful tips for the independent traveller.

This is Sue Passmore's fourth book based on the ancient parishes within the Manor of Caerwedros. She has used the framework of the ecclesiastical boundary to study the land, farms and cottages within it and the people, who lived and worked here, both on land and at sea though chiefly the former.

The story of the people of New Quay, West Wales, and their experiences during WWI and WWII as soldiers, seamen, nurses and those on the home front. Originally published in 1995, this new edition incorporates new photographs and information.

My first history of Llanllwchaearn parish appeared in 2010, since then I have written the histories of all the other parishes in the commote, Llanina & Cytblwyf, Llannarth, Llangrannog and Llandysiliogogo and have widened the scope of my researches to include houses as well as farms and more family history along with the history of the landscape. In the process I acquired much more information about Llanllwchearn families, and the time now see...

A new edition of this classic and pioneering work, with 85 often rare and remarkable photographs. Welsh Sail tells the story of the shipbuilders, ship-owners and ports of Wales. Originally published in 1976, the author travelled to all the ports and harbours of Wales, explored archives and drew on the knowledge of Captains and sailors and their descendants. It contains vivid first hand accounts from some perilous voyages and brings home the ha...

This little guide with its large-print format is designed to make it as easy as possible for visitors to London to self-guide themselves around enchanting and quirky places away from tourist hotspots and queues. The author, who has known London for years, is now partly disabled so the suggested attractions take this into consideration. Discover where Geoffrey Chaucer eked out his pension, where William Caxton had his shop, where the founder of...

Vol 3 of my father's family history. Vol I Bronwylfa a House and its Family, the history of the family from the 17th century when Elizabeth Owen of Peniarth married John Lloyd of Gwyddfryniau, to the present day. Vol II Peniarth 1400-1667 tells the story of Gruffudd ab Aron who founded Peniarth down to his descendant Margaret Owen, Elizabeth's mother, heiress of Peniarth, who died in 1667. Vol III has been divided into 2 Parts, but the whole V...

Teresa, a young vet, discovers a mysterious horse and a fascinating story.

Delightful travel guide to some fascinating English Towns: Buckingham & Stowe, Evesham, Lichfield, Marlborough & Avebury, Northampton, Olney, Pershore, St Ives Cambs., Huntingdon & Hemingford Grey, Stoke Bruerne, Stony Stratford, Thame, Wimborne Minster

This diary is a wonderful source for eighteenth century women's history and for life in a small town in rural Wales recorded by an English exile. It is rare for anyone described as abjectly poor by her contemporaries to keep a diary but Elizabeth Baker's excellent education gave her status and value in her community. She has been described as a snob who had, as she liked to recall, dined with aristocrats in her London life, but living as she d...

In 1802 Lord Nelson, at the height of his fame for his victories against the French, visited Milford Haven in Wales, to inspect the naval dockyards. Fear of French invasion was still very much alive following the attack on nearby Fishguard a few years before. In this exciting fictional story, Leo Phillips and Abe Folger are two young friends who discover a dastardly plot to assassinate the great hero! In a book that moves with often breathless...

The ancient manor of Caerwedros included five parishes: Llanllwchaearn, Llanina & Cytblwyf, Llannarth, Llangrannog and Llandysiliogogo, this history is the fifth and final book and completes the history of the manor, which Sue Passmore began with Llanllwchaearn: a parish history, published in 2010. A brief Introduction, setting the background to the parish and its inhabitants is followed by a gazetteer of farms and cottages from their earliest...

Volume II of our family history continues the story begun in Bronwylfa: a house and its family, which covered the 17th to the 20th centuries. This second book begins in 1400 and ends in 1667 with the death of Margaret Owen, our last direct ancestor to live at Peniarth. It starts with the builder of Peniarth, Griffith ab Aron, and chronicles the family's adventures in the very dangerous centuries which followed, especially the fifteenth century...

The Owen family occupied Penparc farm near Cwm Tydu from 1793 until the twentieth century. Thomas Owen, the first, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Ysgubor Fawr, Llwyndafydd, were ardent Nonconformists and Thomas helped to establish Capelwig. His grandson, Thomas Owen, became a mariner and founded his own family at Foel and has many descendants world-wide. They were a typical family of their era and area in that they combined farming and sea...

The Streets of New Quay relates the history of every house built here before 1960 and includes references to later houses where they appear in the village. The area encompassed is that of the old Urban District Council. This history of New Quay's growth from a tiny handful of fishermen's and coastguards' cottages has never been traced so thoroughly. There are many new discoveries as a result of this detailed study . It is very exciting to see ...