This a wonderful historical piece. It demonstrates how much we can learn from a historical perspective. We usually do not know the consequences of such natural annnd beauriful environment being destroyed. The sad side of it is that unfortunetely we continue to do it in "modern times." No end to the destruction of nature! We have to intentionally act to stop these acts of violence against nature, Thank you Chris for enlightening me with such dertailed historical narrative. There is much to learn from history so we do not repeat the same mistakes in the name of progress. Francisco Perez
Many thanks for the kind and encouraging words, Francisco- they are greatly appreciated. I agree, there is so much to learn from history and so much of it is in danger of being lost- if I hadn't listened to the old folk of my area forty years ago, much of that individual history and knowledge would no longer be available to us. I'm really glad you like it- more to come! Thanks again and Happy Christmas! Hwyl! Chris
fascinating, thanks Chris. Reminds me of the book my mum wrote (The Wild Sky & others) about the Vaughn's and the Wynn's of Maes-y-Neuadd at Talsarnau, up behind Harlech. The oaks there were cleared for the armada, apparently....
Thanks Chris. Glad to hear I'm following in your Mum's footsteps! Getting something right then! Same Vaughn's I think. Apparently the Weslh oak was particularly valued as it was so bent and twisty, the cut up bits were ideal for knees and braces on the tall ships. There were a lot of get rich quick schemes involving felling old oak, also mining ventures, many of which were complete scams. I'm afraid I can't remember if I've seen your Mum's books or not- sound really interesting and right up my local history street. Happy Christmas and hwyl!
same to mate, and the lovely Lyn too. Y'know I often wondered if Welsh oak only had the story of being bent & twisty because the English took all the best ones for their navy??? So that's all that was left in the gene pool.... Yes look up The Wild Sky about the Wynns, also Place of Eagles (will be able to order from local library) - both about Maes-y-Neuadd in different centuries - I remember her researching from the original letters written between the families, held in the archives at Bangor Uni when I was doing forestry there in the '80s. Fascinating.... Then there's The Hall in the Field which is her autobiography of when she lived there and ran it as a hotel in the 50's before i was born, but 2 of my brothers were born there - see https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=hotel-maes-y-neuadd
This a wonderful historical piece. It demonstrates how much we can learn from a historical perspective. We usually do not know the consequences of such natural annnd beauriful environment being destroyed. The sad side of it is that unfortunetely we continue to do it in "modern times." No end to the destruction of nature! We have to intentionally act to stop these acts of violence against nature, Thank you Chris for enlightening me with such dertailed historical narrative. There is much to learn from history so we do not repeat the same mistakes in the name of progress. Francisco Perez
Many thanks for the kind and encouraging words, Francisco- they are greatly appreciated. I agree, there is so much to learn from history and so much of it is in danger of being lost- if I hadn't listened to the old folk of my area forty years ago, much of that individual history and knowledge would no longer be available to us. I'm really glad you like it- more to come! Thanks again and Happy Christmas! Hwyl! Chris
fascinating, thanks Chris. Reminds me of the book my mum wrote (The Wild Sky & others) about the Vaughn's and the Wynn's of Maes-y-Neuadd at Talsarnau, up behind Harlech. The oaks there were cleared for the armada, apparently....
Thanks Chris. Glad to hear I'm following in your Mum's footsteps! Getting something right then! Same Vaughn's I think. Apparently the Weslh oak was particularly valued as it was so bent and twisty, the cut up bits were ideal for knees and braces on the tall ships. There were a lot of get rich quick schemes involving felling old oak, also mining ventures, many of which were complete scams. I'm afraid I can't remember if I've seen your Mum's books or not- sound really interesting and right up my local history street. Happy Christmas and hwyl!
same to mate, and the lovely Lyn too. Y'know I often wondered if Welsh oak only had the story of being bent & twisty because the English took all the best ones for their navy??? So that's all that was left in the gene pool.... Yes look up The Wild Sky about the Wynns, also Place of Eagles (will be able to order from local library) - both about Maes-y-Neuadd in different centuries - I remember her researching from the original letters written between the families, held in the archives at Bangor Uni when I was doing forestry there in the '80s. Fascinating.... Then there's The Hall in the Field which is her autobiography of when she lived there and ran it as a hotel in the 50's before i was born, but 2 of my brothers were born there - see https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=hotel-maes-y-neuadd