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Humphreys, Owen William (Mr Owen William Humphreys worked at Dinorwig Quarry. He started working at the quarry when he was 14 years old, at Ponc Pendiffwys. In 1946 he became a quarry steward at Ponc Isaf Braich. He was then moved to Muriau (or Lower Wellington as that section of the quarry was also known), and then to the section of the quarry known as Lower Garrett. He remained a quarry steward until August 1969 when Dinorwig Quarry closed. Following the closure of the quarry Mr Owen William Humphreys worked as a post master in Nant Peris, and also worked for a time as a museum assistant at the National Slate Museum. He was approached by a company called ‘T.W. Broadbent Ltd’ – one of the firms building the Dinorwig Hydro Power Station. He was employed by T.W. Broadbent Ltd as a community liaison officer.)