Tag: Dolgellau

‘A Gentleman had just arrived, with – a black servant!’

July 16, 2021 0 Comments
‘A Gentleman had just arrived, with – a black servant!’

The gentry of eighteenth-century Wales, like most rich people in any country at any time, longed to be fashionable.  One of the rarer badges of fashion for them was to be seen as enjoying the services of a black servant.  As Chris Evans, the historian of Wales and slavery, puts it, ‘their presence spoke of […]

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Dolgun Uchaf

May 24, 2016 1 Comment
Dolgun Uchaf

Digwydd bod yn adal Dolgellau y dydd o’r blaen, ac angen lle dros nos mewn gwely a brecwast.  Yfory roedd Ras Cadair Idris am ddechrau, felly ychydig o weliau oedd ar gael yn yr ardal.  Roedd y dewis cyntaf a awgrymwyd gan gyfaill yn llawn, a’r ail ddewis hefyd.  Yn ddigon ffodus des i o […]

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