Lle Sbwci yw Aberystwyth

Fwy o luniau o gerfluniau a chymeriadau Aberystwyth yn y fan yma …

Goodbye Tabernacle, Aberystwyth

The Tabernacle Chapel in Aberystwyth was demolished swiftly today.

It’s hard to believe it’s now all gone.

It seems like yesterday we were in Mill Street yakking with locals about this Chapel.

Hat tip to Dan for sharing video imagery from today’s historic scene in Aberystwyth.

Fire at Tabernacle Chapel, Aberystwyth

Another historic Welsh Chapel bites the dust…

Last Friday, July 4th 2008 a fire at the Tabernacle Chapel in Aberystwyth caused extensive damage to all four floors. The future of the Chapel is now uncertain.

The Tabernacle Chapel in Aberystwyth, was built in 1879, and closed in 2002.

According to the Daily Post newspaper : ”

Four crews were called to the Tabernacle Chapel on Mill Street, Aberystwyth on Friday at 11.39pm.

Mid and West Wales fire and rescue service say the cause is unknown and is being investigated.

A spokesman said eight people were evacuated as a precaution.

Mill Street, Powell Street and Bridge Street were temporarily closed.

All four storeys were damaged in the Victorian chapel which had been disused for more than five years.”

Click here for full set of photos of Tabernacle Chapel.

The Finest Backside in Cardiganshire

Mario Rutelli’s War Memorial at Aberystwyth is the most spectacular Welsh war memorial.

There is a collection of photos of the Memorial in the Gallery. Judge with your own eyes, or better still visit it yourself.

Who was the model ? Answers on a postcard if you know, please.

Welsh historian Gwyn Williams described it vividly : “I know people who still go round the point on which it stands to view once more what is thought to be the finest backside in Cardiganshire“. (‘The Land Remembers’, Futura, London 1977).

Spot on Mr Williams.

Aberystwyth Cliff Railway video

A short video clip of the uphill ride on the Aberystwyth Cliff Railway has been uploaded to the Internet Archive website.

Enjoy the spectacular views of Cardigan Bay from this rare and unusual funicular railway travelling slowly up Constitutional Hill.

Well worth three quid.

According to the Charitable Company that runs the railway, “On a clear day it is possible to see 26 mountain peaks spanning much of the length of Wales.”

Aberystwyth Cliff Railway has now closed for the winter, and will re-open in mid March 2008.