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Blaenau Ffestiniog.

 

 

Blaenau was an area of North Wales that was extensively mined for the extraction of slate and slate products. The area is still home to a thriving slate industry, and some old mines have been turned into tourist attractions.

The nearby Manod Quarry is where the national art treasures were stored during World War Two. The quarry, which was ventilated and temperature controlled was maintained for forty years after the removal of the art treasures, in case of another war.

Blaenau Ffestiniog - Pay Day for the slate quarriers  Blaenau Ffestiniog - Oakley LMSR Wharf  Blaenau Ffestiniog  Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry Viaduct built in 1889 by Thomas Williams  Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry Viaduct built in 1889  Blaenau Ffestiniog looking North  Blaenau Ffestiniog General View 1924  Ffestiniog Railway - Tan y Bwlch  Ffestiniog Vale from Terrace Plas

If you have any old postcards or photographs of North Wales that you could scan and email then please send them to phil@bodffordd.fslife.co.uk

There is an excellent new old photos of the United Kingdom website at www.oldukphotos.com

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