Tollhouse from Penparcau, Aberystwyth
At one time roads were built and maintained by Turnpike Trusts. They placed toll gates, barriers ofr chains across popular routes. These roads were used by poor farmers who often got charged several times a day.
This unfairness made people angry. The ‘Daughters of Rebecca’ led the protests: these were mostly men who wore women’s clothes to disguise themselves. They attacked 250 tollhouses between 1839 and 1844.
Some leaders were sent to Australia as punishment. However, tollhouses remained for another 20 years. *
*from a signboard next to the tollhouse
Tags: St Fagans, Vacation, Wales
Pigsty from Hendre Ifan Prosser Farm
Circular pigsties like this one were common in South Wales.
Pigs love to dig, especially in corners. This is why this sty is circular, so it’s harder for them to dig their way out.*
*from a nearby signboard
Tags: Cardiff, St Fagans, Vacation, Wales
Blaenwaun Post Office
During the Second World War, this small two-room building was a hub of communications for the countryside around Blaenwaun in south-west Wales.
Letters, telegrams, newspapers and phone calls all radiated from here. During the war, Blaenwaun Post Office had a War Department radio receiver for urgent messages.*
*from a signboard next to the building.
Tags: Cardiff, St Fagans, Vacation, Wales
Rain never understands why people hide under their umbrellas! Let us make a surprise to the rain by closing our umbrellas!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
Tags: Chatsworth House, Cherie's Place Thought, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Vacation
Situated in the Parkgate Hotel in Cardiff The Sorting room offers Michelin starred fine dining.
In the grand rooms of the old Post Office, once filled with hand-written letters and brown-paper packages, now there are glittering chandeliers and plush leather sofas, where elegant lunches are enjoyed and sumptuous dinners savoured in the most glamorous surroundings.
Whether you linger leisurely over lunch, dress up for dinner or spoil yourself with our sumptuous Sunday lunch, the delicious dishes of our British-inspired brasserie menu and heady blend of bygone glamour in the most elegant surroundings, make any meal here an experience to savour.*
*from the Parkgate Hotel website
Tags: Cardiff, Fine Dining, old Post Office, The Parkgate Hotel, The sorting Room, Vacation
