Posted by Norena Shopland Sarah Jane Rees (Cranogwen) loved Fanny Rees (1853-1874) a local milliner’s daughter. Like Cranogwen, Fanny rejected the feminine role expected of her and quit her job in the mills to become a writer under the bardic name of Phania. Twelve years after Fanny’s death Cranogwen wrote an essay in her magazine Y Frythones describing … Read More “Cranogwen’s love for Fanny Rees (Welsh version)” »
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Posted by Norena Shopland Sarah Jane Rees (Cranogwen) loved Fanny Rees (1853-1874) a local milliner’s daughter. Like Cranogwen, Fanny rejected the feminine role expected of her and quit her job in the mills to become a writer under the bardic name of Phania. Twelve years after Fanny’s death Cranogwen wrote an essay in her magazine … Read More “Cranogwen’s love for Fanny Rees (English version)” »
A Queer Bawdy Ballad The tale of two young women from this region [Denbighshire] who dressed themselves in men’s clothes, and went courting to a country house to seduce two young women, who were strangers to them. (Link opens to an external site) Two blogs were produced about the above balled, which is dated roughly … Read More “1870s” »
Octavius Morgan (1803–1888) was born at Tredegar Park, Monmouthshire, and is recognised as one of Wales’ most important antiquaries. He sat as MP for Monmouthshire from 1841 to 1874 for the Conservatives. In a work entitled Memories of Monmouthshire generally attributed to Reginald James Blewitt founder of the newspaper the Monmouthshire Merlin and a fellow … Read More “1860s” »
1831 Sarah Ponsonby (1755–1831) one of the Ladies of Llangollen died on 9 December. Her partner, Eleanor Charlotte Butler had died two years earlier they were buried together at St Collen’s Church, Llangollen 1837 On the 18th ult. Llanberis, aged 76, Catherine Thomas; she had been celebrated by most of the modern Welsh tourists as the far famed … Read More “1830s” »