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Launch of website

A BUMPER audience has attended the launch of a new website, dedicated to telling the history of Drefach Felindre.

www.storifawrdrefachfelindre.cymru tells the history of the village of Drefach Felindre during the 20th century and was officially launched at the Welsh National Woollen Museum on 29 October.

The chair of the historical project committee Cllr Ken Howell, with the support of Lesley Parker of The Solutions Factory, Pontweli, Llandysul displayed examples of the website’s content and added that this was just the first phase in the process of recording the life of the village during the last century and up to present times.

He added: “This website contains up to a thousand old photographs which we have filed under different headings along with other written material.

“The complete story of Neuadd y Ddraig Goch (the village hall) from the beginning is worth reading, as it shows the cultural and social events held in the village and the prominent individuals that were involved. The story of John y Gwas and many other leading local individuals is also fascinating.”

The project team will now look to add to the collection.

During the afternoon an exhibition under the title ‘The Sporting History of the Village’ was opened at the museum by Ieuan Jones, Llandysul and John Lewis, Cardigan who were both members of the Bargod Rangers Football Team that won the Cardiganshire League title in the 1947-48 season and joined by Olive Campden, vice chair of the project committee.

Cllr Howell thanked The People’s Collection of the National Library of Wales and the National Woollen Museum at Drefach Felindre for their co-operation and support.

“To record the history of villages such as ours will be much appreciated by future generations. This is such an important day in the life of Drefach Felindre,” he concluded.

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