In light of the ceremonies taking place today to mark the start of Britain’s involvement in World War One, I wanted to show how our site played its part back then. A permanent military camp was established in 1906 at Rhiw Goch and was developed until the First World War. The camp then became a busy centre not just for accommodation for soldiers, but also as an artillery range and a prisoner-of-war camp. Tents were used to accommodate the soldiers in the early years and later on a small, purpose-built village was established west of the camp and was named after a nearby farm, Bron Aber (although it became known locally as Tin-town!). It comprised a collection of metal huts accommodating cafés, shops and petrol stations and was used by both soldiers and locals. This info was found at: heneb.co.uk/Trawsfynyddhlc/trawsengareas/traws20.html Please visit their site to find out much more about our history. And to see more of these great pictures visit: pbase/gefailgof/range_and_camp__old_photos
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:30:01 +0000