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Household accounts of the steward of Lady Myddleton, Chirk Castle, 1729 [image 1 of 4]
  • These 'practical health suggestions' were given to the Dinorwig quarrymen by R. H. Mills, the quarry doctor, in August 1894. Mills focused on four topics relating to the quarrymen's lives, namely, their homes, clothes, and the importance of good personal hygiene and diet. He stressed the importance of good ventilation in the home, especially the bedrooms, and advised that all windows should be kept open. Quarrymen were encouraged to change their underclothes as often as possible, and to keep two separate sets of woollen undergarments - one for work and the other for 'after work'. The quarrymen were urged to wash as often as possible, and to remove all their work clothes as soon as they had arrived home from the quarry. After washing thoroughly, warm, dry woollen undergarments should then be worn. The quarry doctor clearly felt that the quarrymen's diet left much to be desired. Instead of living on 'tea and bread-and-butter', they were urged to vary their diet with oats, oatcakes, broth, milk, cocoa and vegetables from the garden. They were also advised not to drink so much stewed tea.
Health advice given to the Dinorwig quarrymen by the quarry doctor, 1894
  • This cookery book was compiled by the residents of Llangollen in 1911 in order to raise money for the local bazaar. A selection of recipes from the book are shown in the following pages.
The Llangollen Cookery Book (1911) [front cover, image 1 of 17]
An 'Assize of Ale' for the town of Swansea, 1791, page 1 of 5
  • The ale muller was a special warming device used to mull ale or wine in cold weather.
Ale muller, late 19th century
  • Country families in Wales often bought port in barrels from Bristol and bottled it. The bottles bore their name and frequently the date of the vintage. The example shown here is of a bottle inscribed
Sealed wine bottle, Bridgend, 1808