Gwen Newton's photos from the Past

Below are some photos Bevan took back in the days when Elwyn Evans was our boatman.  Bevan (who was our Chairman for several years) used to regularly drive down to the Lleyn from Staffordshire, arriving at Garnfadryn on the mainland where Elwyn lived on a smallholding under the hill with his wife Annie and their lovely children.  They would then drive down to Porth Meuddwy very early in the morning and launch the Observatory's boat "The Invader" which you see below.  There are also some photos of the smallholding and the boathouse where Elwyn took the boat in the winter to carry out repairs and modifications.  Elwyn was a trained Clinker built boatbuilder and was in great demand for repairs to the large yachts moored in Pwhelli Marina.   Elwyn died of CJD.