Gwenda's Bwlchgwyn
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I Remember...My Life in Bwlchgwyn1939-1943Gwenda Lewis |
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"Welcome to Wales", Gwenda's introduction to life at Brythonfa on Wesley Road, Bwlchgwyn |
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the summer of 1939 a young girl was told that she was going to stay with
relatives in North Wales for the whole of the summer holiday.
So it was that Gwenda left London, with her mother and her older brother, and arrived in Bwlchgwyn, where she was to spend the next four years. This book, written primarily for private circulation amongst her family and friends, is a beautifully written account of the village during the war years, seen through the eyes of a city girl to whom country ways were novel and exciting experiences. |
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Many people have generously helped Gwenda with her research and consequently there is a good variety of pictures of the village, many from Gwenda's own collection and some from photographs loaned to Gwenda specifically for inclusion in this book. |
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Gwenda's
father remained in London throughout the war and Gwenda wrote to him
often. Fortunately for this book, her father kept her letters and
postcards and some of these are reproduced here.
Of especial interest is the letter recounting the night the bombs fell on the village - how must her father have felt when he read that letter, having sent his family to the country for their safety? |
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Read Extracts from Gwenda's book here....... |
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Please email me if you would like to know more about the book or would like to get in touch with Gwenda |
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'I Remember... My Life in Bwlchgwyn 1939-1943' © Gwenda Lewis, 2005 |
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