Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Cardiff 2025, Heritage, Holidays
Oakdale Workmen’s Institute
Workmen’s institutes, or ‘Stutes’ as they were fondly known, were once common sights in Welsh industrial towns and villages. Groups of coal miners and other workers built them to provide educations and leisure facilities for them and their families.
This one contains a library, reading room and a concert hall upstairs. The institute played [...]
No Comments CherryPie on Mar 10th 2026
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Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.
Luther Burbank
No Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2026
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Melin Bompren Corn Mill
The mill has three storeys. Grain is stored on the top floor, ground into flour on the middle floor and bagged on the lowest floor. Because of the wet climate, farmers would often harvest corn before it was thoroughly dry. The miller then had to dry the grain before grinding it. This [...]
No Comments CherryPie on Mar 6th 2026
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World Book Day coincided with my volunteering day in my local school. I wore my recently purchased dress which was a perfect choice for helping children with their reading. The children choose the books they would like to read with me each week.
Later I went out for an evening meal with Mr C. I swapped [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 5th 2026
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Bryn Eryr Iron Age Roundhouses
These roundhouses have been reconstructed based on archaeological remains excavated in Anglesey in the 1980s. The original dwellings would have been built aroundx 2,300 years ago.
During the Iron Age people lived in circular houses with thatched roofs. Most had walls of stone ore wattle and daub. We know from archaeological evidence [...]
No Comments CherryPie on Mar 5th 2026
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Hendre’r-ywydd Uchaf Farmhouse
When the house was built in 1508, it was a luxurious house by Tudor standards. We know that by 1754, Robert and Ann Foulkes lived here. The last of the family to live at Hendre’r-ywyd, Mary Elizabeth Foulkes, died in 1912.
The family shared their home with the cattle which were kept in the [...]
No Comments CherryPie on Mar 4th 2026
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If you want the answer to anything, go sit in Nature for awhile
Albert Einstein
2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 2nd 2026
