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John Griffiths
Bethel 1865-1886
Rev. Benjamin Evans
ordained inDOB: 5th April 1799 DOD: 26th Nov 1874 (aged 75)
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Rev. Gerald Thomson Lermit 1885-1894
DOB: 25th April 1827 DOD: 25th Oct 1894 (aged 67)
Buried in
Rev. James
DOB: unknown DOD: 1933
Buried in
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DOB: 1898 DOD: 6th Jun 1874 (aged 68/69) Buried in
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There is enough information about
It was nice to find something about old
Date of birth: 22 August 1882, over 90 when he died.
His wife's name was Mary Elizabeth, born 21 Sept 1889.
Quote found online: The gentleman on the right is Brus Rossiter, who was a very talented horseman.
Although there was a village milkman
Oh, and I remember very well Mrs. Twigg's wooden clogs.
As a kid I suffered a bit from warts on the back of my hands. One day I followed an old country cure. I went to the blacksmith
So I took my jam jar. The smithy was closed, so I went to the back door of
I kid you not!
Now, about that milk. The milk came from a farm about a mile north of the village. The farmer was one of the Twiggs sons,
Theodor was married to
Mrs Twigg always prepared a large food basket for the workers, harvest etc, and made amazing spiced buns.
Kathleen saw
Surely one of the most rustic characters of the village in the 1960/70's
I know little about Mr. Rhys. He was, I think, a retired farm labourer, and lived somewhere down
Very tanned and wrinkled skin, hardly any teeth, always smiling.
And always chewing tabacco, and spitting it out. In the summer evenings (around 1970) he could be found standing at the junction
at the top of High street.
In the summer holiday season, many a lost holiday maker would stop their car and ask Rees for directions. But he had a strong accent.
I could not understand him, and I am sure neither did the holiday makers. Rees responded to most questions with
If he was not standing on the junction, he would be in the back room of the
Saunders, Gwendoline, M.
Saunders, John Geo.
Jack lived with his sister, Gwen, at
Gwen ran the post office until she retired
when the post office moved to
Jack died about 3 years later.
In about 1973 I bought an old dilapidated Triumph 350cc 3TA motorcycle. A noisy, oil leaking, slow, poor specimen.
On my way home from school I would have to ride through the one-way system in St. Florence and go past the old Flemish Chimney.
Next to the Flemish Chimney was a good old telephone box, and a bench.
I would often see Jack Saunders sitting on the bench talking with (I think) Mr. Rossiter or Mr. Brace.
They all lived with 50 yards of one another.
Now, Jack was about retirement age. He worked as a mechanic at Templeton.
He did not have a car, he had a Triumph 200cc Tiger Cub motorcycle with rain guards
(a bit like a drain pipe cut in half length-ways) to protect his legs from rain, and a simple upright windshield.
So we had a common interest, Triumph motorbikes. So I often stopped and chatted with Jack.
I think of him every once in a while, he was a nice old boy.
I think this was taken around 1953 at the back of the Dove's Nest sheds where Jack used to keep his bike which he rode to his workshop in Templeton every day...
Jack and Gwen Saunders were my Great Uncle and Aunt and lived at the Dove's Nest. They were 2 of 4 siblings. My grand mother was their sister who married a W.O.Lewis (sadler) in Narberth who raised 7 children, my Dad being number 3 son. By the way we used to cycle out from Tenby to St Florence when we were kids to visit Aunty Gwen and get a saddle bag full of her apples.
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shop, pub, Mrs. Knight his mum, councilman
Knight, Elsie, The Manor House
Martin, Annie Jane nee Johns 1889
Martin, William
married 1Q 1921
And was related to the
And to the
As a child I spent many many many days at
During the school holidays, or at the week-end,
Before I get on to talking more about
I have marked in
There was a small brook running alongside
On the side of
When it was not snowing we would occasionally have a kick-about on the field. I remember some lads from
But I do not recall any proper goal posts/nets/or markings.
One of the
I remember it well because one of the
My mind may be playing tricks on me, but a think that a few times we held the
Now about
Do not misunderstand me. They were special
I know little about
I remember
I never know why he needed the sail-makers palm. It is amazing how unobservant some of us are!
One of the odds and sods from
There were 3 or 4 coils of rope in the shed.
Some times we would just make a swing, using a cricket stump as a seat.
And where did the stump come from,
Occasionally some of the other lads would come along, such as
I did say that I would come back to
I remember
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outdoor "fridge", bathroom/toilet in an outhouse, mead, dandelion wine, war time cake trick
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Brother to Auntie Annie , Bee keeper,
Johns, George, Bumblers.
Johns, Lacy, Bumblers.
b/w TV Saturdays Clive Johns & I watching Laramie and Dr. Who
Yes, yes. I know. Only 2 groups.
But that is only because you have not submitted any!
Quote from the poster:
This one is St Florence male voice choir circa 1930. My grandfather, Richard Evans, the Court, 2nd row, 4th from right. Others include I Phillips (clock house), t skyrme, parsonage farm, waldo williams, T Hurlow, J John, T Stephens, J Saunders, George Lewis, R Thomas, Buttyland, S Williams Gt Wedlock farm, J Beynon Minerton Farm, W Hurlow Fiddlers Green etc taken in grounds of Ivy Tower
I do not recall a male voice choir!
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Wynford Brace, Winston John, Bert Evans, Arthur and Fred Brooks, Col Douglas, Oliver Richards, Harold Butler (Landlord), Miss Thomas (Landlady), Billy Hurlow, Richard Stephens, Mike Brace, Frankie Wall, Brian Prescott, Gwynne James