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  • This vehicle was known at Dinorwig Quarry as 'y falwoden lwyd' (the grey snail).
'Velocipede' or 'Car Gwyllt', Dinorwig Workshops, Gilfach Ddu, Llanberis, 1969
  • This postcard shows the quarrymen of Graig Ddu posing for the camera on the trolleys or 'ceir gwyllt' which they used to return home down the incline.
Postcard showing Graig Ddu quarrymen, Blaenau Ffestiniog
  • This photograph shows Mr George Ellis, a retired quarryman, demonstrating the 'car gwyllt' - a seat on wheels - which was used by the quarrymen to descend the three inclines down from Graig Ddu quarry at the end of the working day. The 'car gwyllt' was usually made by the quarrysmith for some 5 shillings and was light enough to be carried on the shoulder between each incline. At the end of the journey near Bethania chapel, the 'car gwyllt' was put in a wagon and winched up to the top of the quarry, ready for the next working day.
Mr George Ellis demonstrating the 'car gwyllt' used at Graig Ddu quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog
  • The 'car gwyllt' [lit. 'wild car'] was used by the quarrymen to descend the three inclines from Graig Ddu quarry at the end of the working day. The 'car gwyllt' was usually made by the quarrysmith for some 5 shillings and was light enough to be carried on the shoulder between each incline. At the end of the journey near Bethania chapel, the 'car gwyllt' was put in a wagon and winched up to the top of the quarry, ready for the next working day.
'Car gwyllt' from Graig Ddu Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog
  • Photographed by Geoff Charles. The 'car gwyllt' - a seat on wheels - was used by the quarrymen to descend the three inclines down from Graig Ddu quarry at the end of the working day. The 'car gwyllt' was usually made by the quarrysmith for some 5 shillings and was light enough to be carried on the shoulder between each incline. At the end of the journey near Bethania chapel, the 'car gwyllt' was put in a wagon and winched up to the top of the quarry, ready for the next working day.
The 'Car Gwyllt' which was used by the slate quarrymen of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1 June 1960