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Tag Archives: Pontardulais
What’s a pandy? Who’s the tucker?
Wed. May 25th [1892] ….After tea we took a walk to the coal pit from which place we could see the Pandy & Alltiago farm. We got a glass of fresh milk at the Alltiago farm….Continuing our walk we went … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, diary, family history, Pontardulais, Victorian era, WAles
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Off to Wales with my great-grandmother’s diary
My mother gave me my first diary when I was 13. It had a yellow cardboard cover and a tiny lock and key. I welcomed the chance to put down my secrets, especially to spill out the doubts and longings … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, diaries, diary, Pontardulais, prison, prisoner of war, PTSD, Victorian era, WAles
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Pilgrim versus tourist
In his book Spiritual Journeys of an Anarchist (Ardent Press, 2014), Peter Lamborn Wilson described “intentional travel” as a sufi tradition in which the traveler, to fix his itinerary, “waited for ‘signs’ to appear, coincidences, intuitions….” I read these lines … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, Beckett, diary, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Pontardulais, Victorian era, WAles
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Pitman transcription reveals my great-grandmother’s secrets
Many thanks to my friend Josie Oppenheim, who responded to the previous blog post by locating a Pitman transcriber online. Tracey Jennings, a shorthand expert in the U.K., came up with translations of the four bits of shorthand text scattered … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, diaries, Pitman, Pontardulais, romance, shorthand, Victorian era, WAles
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Wales: Castles and Glowworms
We descended a dark gloomy winding stairway not knowing where it would lead us, and found at the bottom the dungeon, a dark gruesome place, enough to make me shiver & remember with doublefold horror all the tales of cruelty … Continue reading
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Tagged diary, Oystermouth Castle, Pontardulais, Victorian era, WAles
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My great grandmother writes about Wales
1892 Wed. May 11th Left N.Y. at 15 minutes past four and slowly steamed up to the Narrows, waving our handkerchiefs frantically to the folks on Prop #15 until we could see them no longer, when we turned our attention … Continue reading
