Paperback | 288 pages | 216 x 138mm
Publication May 2018 | ISBN 9781912050178
In this collection of twenty short tales, Roy Noble celebrates the fascinating histories and traditional stories rooted in Wales, some canonical, and others less well-known today but equally deserving of attention.
‘…he seems unerringly to know every yard on every road in Wales. He presses mental buttons and comes up with a story, a memory or a reflection about every community he has ever called in or driven through.’ Michael Boon, Western Mail
Seamlessly blending anecdote and personal insight with historical detail, Roy has compiled a selection of humorous and engrossing explorations of traditional Wales spanning the length and breadth of the country, suffusing each with his passion, knowledge and natural gift for storytelling.
Contents:
Preface
1. Branwen...Begorrah! - Port Talbot
2. Castle Gatherings - Neath
3. Llanwonno in Natal - Llanwonno
4. Penderyn Spirits - Penderyn
5. The Rhigos Ridge - Treherbert Road
6. Love in Llangynwyd - Llynfi Valley
7. Senghenydd - Aber Valley
8. The Elephant and the Highwayman - Ceredigion
9. Iechyd Da from Tredegar - Tredegar
10. To the Sea, Scholarship and Illtud's Place - Llantwit Major
11. The 'Cow-bridge' - Vale of Glamorgan
12. Owain Glyndwr and Me - Carmarthenshire
13. Outpatients in Partrishow - South Powys
14. Pooh Sticks to Pontypool - Torfaen
15. Lay-bys on the Asphalt Artery - The A470 - Ponty to Merthyr Tydfil
16. Discord Galore to Dinas Mawddwy - The A470/Gwynedd
17. The Chair - Myths in Mind, Poetry in Soul - Gwynedd
18. To the Viking Alligator, the UN and Port Wrexham - Llandudno/Conwy
19. The Coffin Route - Llanddeusant to the Upper Swansea Valley
20. The Western Seaboard - Ceredigion