I am finding a little more time to return to Ciao after a long absence. Will try and catch up with o...
I am finding a little more time to return to Ciao after a long absence. Will try and catch up with old friends. As to the writing side of things... well, I have few things to write about.. Now it's just a matter of finding the time... Derek
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I visited St. Fagan's on 30th June and took my digi camera with me. I have added some pictures with short descriptions..
If you like seeing how country people lived out their lives from yester-year, you could do no better than pay a visit to St. Fagan's Museum about 5 miles west of Cardiff. Set in around 100 acres of parkland, I feel this museum to be unique, although being Welsh, I may be a little biased!
You would need to be prepared to spend several hours or even an entire day here because there is so much to see in the grounds and it is constantly being added to. What follows are the features I found particularly interesting…
· St Fagan's Castle is an Elizabethan manor house built within the walls of a medieval castle. It is surrounded by large gardens that include terraces and water features
· There are a number of farmhouses, cottages and fully functioning works buildings that have been transported brick by brick from their original locations all over Wales. These include a row of terraced miner's cottages from Merthyr Tydfil that are complete with original contents and portray life in the mining community from the past 200 years or so.
· There is a fully reconstructed 2000-year-old Celtic village compete with furniture, tools and hunting implements
· There is a working water wheel that stone-grinds flour that is made into bread in one of the period shops, blacksmith's, social clubs, schools, saddlery workshops to name but a few.
One thing I found particularly interesting was the farm-houses called the Welsh Long Houses that dates back to the bronze age in which entire families used to live together with their animals on beaten earth floors, all under one roof. Sleeping quarters were no more than what can best be described as wall-cupboards made accessible by crude wooden ladders. The animals provided warmth in the winter by their body-heat. I don't suppose anybody thought of deodorants in those days!
St Fagan's has full facilities for the disabled, with wheel-chair ramps and toilets and they have access to most of the museum.
Well worth a visit. From the M4 motorway take junction 33 and follow the signs.
Pictures of Museum of Welsh Life
17th C Farmhouse from Gower, SW Wales, painted red to ward off devils..
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forgot to add how much i love this place! i love the quaint shopping terraced row with the funny sweet shop and the bakery! last went there last summer so im due for another couple this year!! im looking forward to the church they have been moving opening up. good review! :) x
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Advantages: Free entry, good public transport links, plenty to do Disadvantages: Hordes of schoolchildren in term time, not all parts have wheelchair access
Collingwood21 03.10.2002 (21.11.2002)
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Advantages: Free entry, good public transport links, plenty to do Disadvantages: Hordes of schoolchildren in term time, not all parts have wheelchair access
Collingwood21 03.10.2002 (21.11.2002)
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