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St Fagans National Museum of History

CherryPie — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:16:22 +0000

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 two lower bays. The three upper bays formed the family home.

Originally, there was no chimney – the smoke from the fire would escape through the open windows and the rood.*

*from a signboard next to the farmhouse

Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

CherryPie — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:10:38 +0000

If you want the answer to anything, go sit in Nature for awhile

Albert Einstein

St Fagans National Museum of History

CherryPie — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 01:03:11 +0000

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

St Fagans National Museum of History

CherryPie — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:31:13 +0000

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.

BBC Cymru Wales Tour

CherryPie — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:49:20 +0000

Laguna Restaurant, Cardiff

CherryPie — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:26:49 +0000

The Sorting Room

CherryPie — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 23:33:29 +0000

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

2025 – A Year in Photos

CherryPie — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 23:52:27 +0000

Llandaff Cathedral

CherryPie — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 01:00:59 +0000

Llandaff Cathedral stands on one of the oldest Christian sites in Britain. In the sixth century St Dyfrig founded a community close to the ford where the Roman road crossed the river Taff. He was succeeded by St Teilo and then Teilo’s nephew, St Euddogwy. These three Celtic Saints remain patron saints of the present Cathedral and are represented by the three mitres in the Cathedral badge. Nothing remains of the original church but a Celtic Cross that stood nearby can still be seen near the door of the Chapter House.

The present cathedral dates from 1107 when Bishop Urban, the first Bishop appointed by the Normans, instigated the building of a much larger church. The arch behind the High Altar was built at that time and the doorway that now leads to the St David (or Welsh Regiment) Chapel may have been the West door of Urban’s church until it was moved to its new site when the Cathedral was extended and widened and a new West front built about 1220. This West front is judged by many to be one of the two or three most notable mediaeval works of art in Wales.

Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

CherryPie — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:14:21 +0000

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

Ernest Holmes