Under
the Black Mountains: The History of Gwernyfed since 1600
Paperback, 128 pages, over 30 colour and 40 black and white
photographs
ISBN 978-1-910839-15-7 Price £12.95 Logaston Press
This book contains four personal memories of Gwernyfed and its
environs — those of Elyned Hore-Ruthven who was brought
up at Gwernyfed Park in the late 1800s and early 1900s, returning
to use Old Gwernyfed in later life as a home for part of the year;
of Thomas Perks whose family farmed at Old Gwernyfed in the mid
1800s; of J.W. Hobbs who worked on the railways at Three Cocks
Station in the early 1900s; and of Mary Kinsey who tells of those
who lived in the area between the 1880s and 1960s. To these Colin
Lewis has added a history of the Gwernyfed Estate that provides
a background to these four accounts, together with other details
that develop the overall story and bring it up to date with the
creation of Gwernyfed High School, which the Welsh Government
has placed in the highest educational category for schools in
Wales.
Colin Lewis lectured in Geography in Ireland before moving to
South Africa, where he was successively Professor and Head of
Department at the Universities of Transkei and Zululand, and at
Rhodes University. Professor Lewis is the author of many books,
and has been awarded the prestigious National University of Ireland’s
Prize for Irish Historical Research.
Source: -- Logaston Press website