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Decorated bicycle class, Narberth carnival, 1910
BMX riders, Jeddo Close Community Park, Newport, 1985
Arthur Linton, champion cyclist from Aberaman
Jimmy Michael, Morgan Thomas and Arthur Linton, champion cyclists from Aberaman
  • Employees of Tom Norton Ltd, then Britain's biggest bicycle buyers according to the sign in the window. Tom Norton started his business in Llandrindod Wells in 1898. He met Henry Ford in America, and did much to promote early motor cars and even light aircraft. The premises were later doubled in size and became famous as the Automobile Palace.
Staff of Tom Norton Ltd, c. 1910
  • Photographed by Geoff Charles. This photograph shows Deiniol Prys Jones on his bicycle in the village. It was in 1955 that it was first announced that Liverpool Corporation was intending to build the new reservoir in the Tryweryn valley, drowning the village of Capel Celyn, north of Bala. Although a fierce protest campaign was launched by local residents, authorities, individuals and national institutions, all efforts to halt the building of the new reservoir ultimately failed. On 1 August 1957 the Liverpool Corporation Act was passed. Work began on the site three years later and was completed in August 1965.
A bleak view of Capel Celyn (Cwm Tryweryn), 14 November 1963