The 4th June bank holiday is the date for the much requested next Open Gardens event and this year we are lucky enough to have several artists who live in the village opening their studios too.

The event will run from 10am-5pm, tickets from the Memorial Hall, £5 per adult, children free.

ENTRY TO THE GARDENS AND STUDIOS- on paying at the hall you will be given a map and a badge, you must have the badge visible to the garden and studio owners so they can allow access. If you do not have a badge you will be directed to the hall to pay.

The church will be selling refreshments.

The history club may have a display in the hall and signage out to mark points of interest but this is not yet confirmed (- the history club in general having many of the same members as the garden club so they will be pretty busy in the run-up getting their gardens perfect!)

If more details become available I will add them on to this ……..

UPDATE -Sasha, Jack and Elin will be opening the Mini Museum, for those who have not visited before this is a museum of objects collected and organised by three of the village children. It has diverse collections including Victorians, Egypt, Space, Fossils. (please note entry is via fairly steep stairs and headroom is restricted).

MORE -The studios include:

• Gilly Thomas, painter, have a look at www.gillythomas.co.uk
• IvorRichards, sculptor specialising in carving slate www.ivorrichards.co.uk
  
• Gareth Griffith, 2 & 3 dimensional work
• Morgan Griffith, find info at www.sonomano.blogspot.co.uk
• Rebecca F Hardy, find info at www.rfhardy.blogspot.co.uk
• Jan Loxton, print making, textile and graphic work.

Ivor and Gilly share a studio, as do Gareth, Morgan and Rebecca, the websites and blogs listed above show some stunning work so the studios should be fascinating. I  saw an exhibition by Gareth a few months ago and can’t wait to see what he has on show and I was lucky enough to visit Jans’ studio a couple of years ago- absolutely fascinating. Jan also has a lovely bluebell walk open through her grounds and animals to look at.

The history club WILL be setting up a display in the hall.

CHILDREN– there will be a hunt the picture activity for children, there are also several gardens with feathered/furred creatures to see (chickens, donkeys, goats, bunny, guinea pigs at the last count), also the mini museum and a fabulous garden full of gnomes which can’t fail to enchant.

Visitors from outside the area– if you need help to find us go to ‘bookings’ on the menu bar at the top of this page then select ‘location’ from the drop down menu to find both a google and o.s.map. The hall has a car park, if that is full you can park along the road by the hall.

Everyone cross your fingers for good weather 🙂

There will be a ceilidh in the memorial hall on Saturday 10th December.

£5 per ticket. Bring your own refreshments.

Contact Hazel or Brian for more information on 601413 or call in at 11 Llwybr Main.

Tickets must be purchased in advance by December 3rd if it is to go ahead.

What a great weekend we have just had! Lots of people came to the fireworks display on Friday. There was plenty of food in the hall and an atmospheric bonfire within the slate circle. And, for once, the weather was kind.

On Saturday night National Theatre Wales stunned us by transforming the village hall and putting on a fantastic production. It was hard to believe we were in Mynydd Llandegai as the quality of the sets, sound and lighting made it seem as if we were in a theatre.

One document we came across at The National Library of Wales, was a summary of the cause at Hermon Chapel, written towards the end of the 1890’s by the
Reverend R. Jones. This gives us some indication of what Mynydd was like in those times.

In 1843, Lord Penrhyn began giving leases for parts of the mountain. The quarrymen took advantage of this and began building houses and working the
land. This resulted in “a pleasing and pretty village”.

On the 1st of December 1843, many of the faithful met at Rowland Williams’ house (Penllyn), in order to form a Sunday School. On the 10th of December 1843, the first Sunday School was held at Gwaen Cynfi, with 30 to 35 people present.

The first Hermon Chapel was opened 14th December 1845, measuring 11 yards (33metres) long by lOyards (30metres) wide — pretty small!

Another interesting piece of information we have come across is that the eight Tai’r Mynydd cottages, used to be called Octuple in 1841. These now have been buried under the quarry. The annual rent for each cottage was £2.2.0.

Our intention is to have an exhibition in the Neuadd to display all the information we have gathered to date. We have made a survey of St. Ann’s Churchyard and have recorded all the graves there, plus have census results from 1841 to 1911 for all the cottages and houses in Mynydd Llandegai.

There is plenty of other information too, that gives insight into past village life, plus photographs of people and places.

The information regarding the exhibition will be advertised in the Newsletter at a later date.