North West Wales Conwy County

This document is a snapshot of content from a discontinued BBC website, originally published between 2002-2011. It has been made available for archival & research purposes only. Please see the foot of this document for Archive Terms of Use. 22 February 2012 Accessibility help Text only BBC Homepage Wales Home Shop was a landmark in the snow Last updated: 06 March 2007 Shopkeeper Gwynfor Owen describes the day he hit the more from this section headlines, during the terrible winter of 1963. BBC Local Conwy County Llansannan church festival North West Wales Llansannan people and places Things to do Lost gardens of Llangernyw Patchwork quilting People & Places Gwynfor and Peggy Owen kept Siop Sinc - now the site of a Recording Llansannan's past Nature & Outdoors bungalow - and then Siop y Llan in Llansannan for a total of Shop was a landmark in the snow Sir Henry Jones Museum History 58 years. Religion & Ethics Y Gadlas - 30 years in the news Your photos Arts & Culture Gwynfor also had a delivery round, over a wide area - as far Music Hafodunos Hall, Llangernyw as Gwytherin - and his van was a welcome visitor to many Llangernyw views TV & Radio farmyards. Llanfairtalhaearn childhood Local BBC Sites Conwy towns News Now living at Maes Greiniog, Llansannan, Gwynfor has a Useful links Sport newspaper cutting which describes a dramatic event in his Weather life. interact Travel Tell us about a web page For those old enough to remember, the winter of 1947 was Found a web page we should know Neighbouring Sites about? Send us the details. Mid Wales probably the worst of the century, but the winter of 1963 Email A Friend North East Wales was also exceptionally ferocious. Related BBC Sites Nearby Gwytherin was cut off Wales for weeks, as snowdrifts Cymru higher than the hedges cut off more from North West Gogledd Orllewin all road access. Some farmers Wales had to jump out of bedroom windows to get to their stock, Nature because snow had blocked off Going wild their doors and lower Get under the skin of windows. Snowdonia wildlife and habitats. But as the newspaper recorded, Gwynfor and Peggy refused Society and Culture to be daunted by the conditions: here is an extract from the Volunteering report... Broaden your horizons and give someone a helping hand. "Mr Gwynfor Owen, the village grocer at Llansannan, near Abergele, who celebrated his 34th birthday yesterday, spent Hall of Fame the day accompanied by his wife and the village constable, Public life Hugh A Roberts, delivering bread and groceries to four Meet heroes and historic remote farms on the Denbigh Moors. figures raised in the region. The farms, four miles from the village, have been virtually cut off since last Friday, despite an attempt to reach Tai Hanesyddol them by snowplough. O blastai crand i ffermydd gwledig, camwch dros drothwy rhai o dai mwyaf Mr Owen was able to drive his hanesyddol yr ardal van about half the distance but owing to drifts of about ten feet, he had to walk the remainder of the journey. He said: "I have never experienced anything like it, but I am glad we were able to make it, as they were down to their last loaf.".

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