caernarfon

Introduction I’ve been to Wales many times and never got round to doing this one, even though I have wanted to see it since I first visited the area back in 2020. Finally decided to pull my finger out and do it. Visited on a recent trip to North Wales with @JakeV50. Information & History Image...

Recently been bought by a developer from manchester (2022) Have seen very few videos online about it seeing it's publicity and condition. Just wandering if anyone knows whether it's in renovation/renovated etc Doesn't seem to be recent updates online Estimated value according to the daily post...

A revisit for me from a recent weekend away, but any excuse to shoot some big chilled industry is good. Plus my companions hadn't been here before so they got something out of it too. One of the main reasons I actively wanted to go here again when in the area was the possibility of there being...

History The Ferodo factory in Caernarfon; Friction Dynamex; was opened by Princess Margaret in 1962. By the late 1960s it employed up to 1,100 making braking components and friction pad. The site was then bought by American; Craig Smith in 1997 and renamed “Friction Dynamics”, operating with a...

Dont mind a derp chapel, got lucky with these two in Coffi dre, not posted for a while so thought I'd chuck them up. Engadi chapel This chapel played a part in Welsh history in 1856, when the founding of a Welsh colony in Patagonia was discussed here – for the first time in Wales. The...

Visited with @Landie_Man a few years back, back in the days we were allowed to go on multi-day trips (oh how I miss them). Prior to turning up we knew it was a gutted shell however we both rather enjoyed it here, despite how empty the cavernous space was it was surprisingly photogenic. The large...

An also-ran mill from last year. Nothing much to see except decay - probably why there are no reports on it. Backgound. Built sometime before 1860 it’s shown as a water-powered flour mill on a 1888 map, but as a woollen mill by 1912. Beyond that I haven’t been able to find out much, although...

Ferodo was a major employer on the edge of Caernarfon, Gwynedd in North Wales, manufacturing brake parts for the motoring industry At one point it employed aound 1000 workers but the workforce reduced over the years because of foreign outsourcing of car parts. The TGWU worked harmoniously with...

Engedi Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel built was built in 1842, rebuilt in 1867 and modified in 1890. The present chapel, dated 1867, is built in the Classical style of the gable entry type, to the design of architect Richard Owen of Liverpool by Evan Jones of Dolyd and cost £4579. The...

Engedi Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel built was built in 1842, rebuilt in 1867 and modified in 1890. The present chapel, dated 1867, is built in the Classical style of the gable entry type, to the design of architect Richard Owen of Liverpool by Evan Jones of Dolyd and cost £4579. The...

Had a totally unexpected visit to the old Courthouse after the new owners saw us walk by with my mother in wheelchair and asked us if they could use the wheelchair to test out widths of doors and stairs in return for a tour of what is effect a massive building site. The courts where built in...

Ferodo Brake Components, Caernarfon, North Wales – May 2017 The Ferodo factory in Caernarfon; Friction Dynamex; was opened by Princess Margaret in 1962. By the late 1960s it employed up to 1,100 making braking components and friction pads. The site was bought by American; Craig Smith in 1997...

Ferodo/Frixtion Dynamex was an old Brake lining manufacturer located just on the outskirts of Caernarfon. The plant, originally known as Ferodo, was the scene of one of the longest industrial disputes in the region’s history. Opened by Princess Margaret in 1962 the workforce quickly built up...

The first of a couple of chapels in Wales I visited with @SpiderMonkey last month... Engedi Chapel was established in 1842 and built as we see it today in 1867. The chapel's most impressive feature is its grand classical entrance, designed by architect Richard Owen of Liverpool. Its organ...

Bryn Seiont Hospital, Caernarfon Bryn Seiont Hospital was formed in 1914 as a sanatorium. It was managed by the Caernarfon and Anglesey Hospital Management Committee since the 1948 NHS Act and treated patients with tuberculosis, which was a scourge of quarrymen in the Caernarfon district...