Every  time I walk on the sands towards the cockle traeth I come across a lump  of coal and it makes me wonder where it  has come from. Many a time I heard my grandmother naming some of the ships  that  had  been wrecked  when crossing the Bar, some I am sure with coal. 

In  1693 they had a lot of fires in the Parish  of  Llanfihangel.  Haystacks  would  catch fire and the animals would die  and  they could  not find the cause although the farmers kept  watch  night and  day.

Between  the two wars people were very poor and it was  difficult to  make ends meet and because of that men would leave the  farms and  the quarries. Some went to South Wales to work in the  coalmines as they could make more money, but it was a very difficut time for their wives and families. 

Most  of  the men in Talsarnau before the war were members of a Friendly  Society.  As some of the men worked in the quarries  and were only home over the weekend they had their meetings on Saturday.