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Glad you found it of interest. There are so many fascinating things that lie hidden in the past. It is important that we do not forget them.
on Monday
Interesting. As a fellow writer from the USA, I'd like to thank you for some good prose. Drop me a line if you've got the time. Thank you. Denn
on Monday
Geoff Brookes and Howard Evans are now friends
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Bringing my page up to date
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Geoff Brookes updated their profile
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November 4
An event by Geoff Brookes was featured
An Event in Newport at Central Library Newport
November 5, 2009 from 2:30pm to 4pm
I shall be presenting my next illustrated talk in Newport Central Library at 2.30 pm on Thursday 5 November 2009. I will give an overview of my book Stories in Welsh Stone and then look at some chapters in detail. I will then end by talking about ...
October 28
October 18
A blog post by Geoff Brookes was featured
Halloween. It is one of the oldest festivals of all, and represents a curious mixture of many different traditions. The Celts called it Samhain, a festival that provided a boost for people as they entered the long dark winter months, when the coun...
October 16
Many thanks for the info Geoff. I always thought that the whole 'Trick or Treat' phenomenon was a recent American import. Certainly if I'd tried it in my neighbourhood when I was a kid I would have been told to bugger off. It appears i was wrong.....
October 16
Geoff Brookes added a blog post
Halloween. It is one of the oldest festivals of all, and represents a curious mixture of many different traditions. The Celts called it Samhain, a festival that provided a boost for people as they entered the long dark winter months, when the coun...
October 16
Posting a new blog - about Halloween in Wales
October 16
A blog post by Geoff Brookes was featured
I have been working for quite a while on a fascinating story and I have finally managed to get it on my website - Stories in Welsh Stone. The address is at the foot of this blog. You can find it in the Shorter Tales section because there are too m...
October 4
Geoff Brookes added a blog post
I have been working for quite a while on a fascinating story and I have finally managed to get it on my website - Stories in Welsh Stone. The address is at the foot of this blog. You can find it in the Shorter Tales section because there are too m...
October 4
Geoff Brookes added an event
Glamorgan Family History Society at The Central Library, Civic Centre Oystermouth Road Swansea
January 11, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm
I have been invited to make a presentation to the Society about my work on local gravestones and about my book "Stories in Welsh Stone."
October 4

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At 3:27pm on November 12, 2009, Howard Evans said…
Geoff,

I received the book today, but can't get it out of my wife's hands. She thinks it wonderful. I think I'll have to get a magnifying glass to read it though.

Thanks,

Howard
At 2:00pm on November 4, 2009, Howard Evans said…
There is no particular dedication. I bought it for myself. I saw it when I visited Wales, but decided that the money I would have to pay in additional airline luggage weight was more than the shipping.

By the way, I wasn't charged shipping. Please bill me and I'll cover it.
At 8:08pm on July 30, 2009, Seraffa said…
Dear Geoff - so glad I found you! I would like to send you some e-mails about my own few findings....compare notes. You have taken on a vast endeavor in collecting so much information, so oft neglected as a field of worthy interest here in America.
At 9:48am on June 28, 2009, Virginia said…
Hi Geoff,

Thank you for your message!

Virginia
At 5:44pm on June 26, 2009, Meical Phillips said…
Penblwydd Hapus!!
YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY-- na, na, na, na, na...
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TOO YEAH!
At 7:05am on June 26, 2009, Virginia said…
Hi Geoff!

Happy Birthday! Feliz cumpleaños!

Greetings from Uruguay,

Virginia
At 12:10am on June 26, 2009, gaabi said…
Happy birthday, Geoff! Wishing you a great and pleasant day, full of good things! You get the "special" cake!

At 3:27pm on June 23, 2009, gaabi said…
I love hearing that AmeriCymru members popped up in your audience -wow, small world, we're everywhere! Ceri and I are very happy to hear that the site is helping people find things like this and putting us all together. :)
At 12:00pm on June 20, 2009, Geoff Brookes said…
I went to the Library in the Civic Centre in Swansea today to present a talk to a local history group. I decided to talk about two stories from Volume 1 - Margaret Williams and Sarah Jacob - and it seemed to be quite well received. Two of my small audience however introduced themselves to me as Americymru members! It has always been a small world but the internet seems to have made it even smaller.
At 10:46am on June 9, 2009, Jayne Owen said…
Well, not so sure about the posh bit - I come from good old farmin' stock (with a few Preseli mountain ancestors thrown in)!! Thanks for the details about the book. I've managed to track it down on Amazon, and hope to get it in before we start this year's holiday lets at the beginning of next month.

Hope you're enjoying the lovely weather we've had down here recently!

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I am a teacher and writer. I live and work in Swansea, where I am Deputy Head of Cefn Hengoed Community School. I also have a regular feature in "Welsh Country Magazine" about notable or infamous graves. My latest book Stories in Welsh Stone deals with the unexpected stories that are hidden behind 15 gravestones from across the country. You can find out more by visiting my website!
The book was published by Welsh Country Magazine and I tell the stories behind the very basic details the headstones contain. These are stories of murder, mystery, starvation, infanticide, poison, injustice, performance enhancing drugs. Sad stories certainly, but stories we need to remember before the words on these decaying stones disappear. And when they do disappear then their stories will disappear too.
We mustn't let it happen.
Every grave tells a story, of course they do. Some are just a little more dramatic.
The book has plenty of photographs and illustrations that try to bring these stories to life. There are also directions and maps to show you how to find these unusual and neglected parts of our heritage in Wales.
If you want to find our more about my book then log on to
www.storiesinwelshstone.co.uk .
The Western Mail newspaper in Wales said of it "this is a colourful and handsome book about passion, drama, injustice and tragedy."
I am also the author of a number of other books but is my Stories in Welsh Stone that is currently taking all my writing attention. Volume Two is complete and to be published I hope in 2009 and Volume Three almost finished. I hope there are people out there who will find some interest in the books, because I think the stories within them, which deal largely with ordinary people caught up in extra ordinary situations, are so important.
Website:
http://www.storiesinwelshstone.co.uk
What is your interest in or connection to Wales?
I was born in Sheffield but marriage and career took me to Swansea in South Wales and I have become fascinated by the history of the ordinary people of the country in which I now live.
In the November edition of Welsh Country Magazine, we go to Caernarvon where, in 1844, a servant wanted two little girls to stop crying. The mother gave her some money to buy some gin but the servant knew a much more effective and cheaper remedy - which she administered with tragic consequences.
In December I examine six mysterious medieval graves by the side of an estuary at Llanfihangel Abercowyn in West Wales. You can see photos of them in my photo collection below.

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Geoff Brookes

Halloween

Halloween. It is one of the oldest festivals of all, and represents a curious mixture of many different traditions. The Celts called it Samhain, a festival that provided a boost for people as they entered the long dark winter months, when the countryside seemed dead and the days seemed so short. Over time it became mixed in with All Saints Day, a day set aside for those poor saints who didn’t have a day of their own.
Originally it represented the end of the harvest season and the beginning of a… Continue

Posted on October 16, 2009 at 11:12am — 3 Comments

Geoff Brookes

Catapult Aircraft Merchantman

I have been working for quite a while on a fascinating story and I have finally managed to get it on my website - Stories in Welsh Stone. The address is at the foot of this blog. You can find it in the Shorter Tales section because there are too many gaps in my knowledge for me to publish it at present.
It is about Robert Everett a fighter pilot who died when his Hurricane crashed on the beach at llanddona in Anglesey in January 1942. He had an eventful life. In 1929 he won the Grand National ho… Continue

Posted on October 4, 2009 at 3:39am —

Geoff Brookes

Hedd Wyn

I have just returned from my holiday in France and found that there had been some activity in my absence about Hedd Wyn, the Welsh Poet who was killed in the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. I was pleased that there was recognition for him, for he is a highly significant figure, another artist of huge potential cut down before his potential could be realised. But I was alarmed that his family home is under threat, as if Ellis Evans somehow no longer has relevance for us today. How wrong that is.… Continue

Posted on August 18, 2009 at 12:05pm —

Geoff Brookes

The Channel Tunnel

Finally our summer holidays have arrived and we are off to France on Sunday (26 July 2009). For the last couple of years we have gone on holiday with our eldest daughter Laura and her family, but this year it is just the three of us- my wife Liz and myself and our son David.
We are looking forward to it immensely, for all the usual reasons. The beautiful peaceful countryside, the dramatic scenery, the fantastic food and the lovely wine.
We are particularly looking forward to some sunshine! We ha… Continue

Posted on July 23, 2009 at 5:06am —

Geoff Brookes

SS Polaria

You never know what you will find when you start rooting about in old newspapers. I came across this beautifully written piece quite by chance. I was looking for details of a ship that brought Yellow Fever to Swansea and instead found in The Cambrian a story about a ship taking German and Jewish emigrants to America. It is absolutely fascinating.
The story comes from July 1882 when The Polaria docked in Swansea.
The ship had been launched on the Tyne in the north of England by Mitchell an… Continue

Posted on July 20, 2009 at 4:49pm — 5 Comments

 
 

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