In this beautiful bilingual blog, Elin Tomos takes us through what she’s found out
in her pioneering research, about the women of the quarry districts around Llanberis.
‘Little is known about the quarryman’s wife and daughter,’ meddai’r Athro R. Merfyn Jones ac yn wir, nid tasg hawdd yw cofio merched a gwragedd y bröydd llechi. Mae astudio darpariaeth iechyd ardaloedd y chwareli yn ein galluogi i roi sylw haeddianol i’r merched…
It’s not easy remembering the women and girls of the quarrying districts - as R. Merfyn Jones said, ‘little is known about the quarryman’s wife and daughter.’ But by studying the health provision available in the quarrying districts we are able to give Merched Chwarel the attention they deserve…