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Enjoy performances by our actors in residence for the last time before the museum closes. Watch them bring the stories of the slate quarries alive with their unique performances - and meet our new character Gwyneth - for the very first time!
LEUSA: Join Leusa - a Quarryman's wife - in No 2 Fron Haul, as she she struggles to put food on the table in the middle of the Great Strike in Penrhyn Quarry!
Location: 1901 house – Quarrymen’s Houses
Saturday 26 October/ Tuesday 29 October/ Wednesday 30 October/ Friday 1 November/ 12pm - 4pm
HANNAH: Discover more about the Chief Engineer's House and the items in it and what Hannah has to do everyday to keep the house in good order!
Location: Chief Engineer's House
Sunday 27 / Monday 28, Thursday 31 October, 3 November / 12pm - 4pm
GWYNETH: It’s 20 August 1969 - during the annual 2 week quarry holiday and Gwyneth – a woman in her early 60s is cleaning the house surrounded by her ‘mod-cons’ - an electric fire and ewbank cleaner. Hear about Gwyneth's trip to see the Investiture of Prince Charles in Caeranrfon and her hopes for her son, who has gone to Bangor University to study rather than work in the quarry like his Father - who recently passed away from silicosis after working at the quarry for over 40 years!
There will be an opportunity to join an informal talk and share your memories following the final performance at 3pm.
Location: 1969 House
Wednesday 30 October / 12pm - 3pm
Welsh-language performances on the hour, English-language performances at half-past the hour.
Leusa's Day in the 1901 Quarryman's House
Gwyneth Roberts based at the 1969 Quarrymen's House
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