richard daniel jones | my Ceredigion and my Cardigan Bay

This blog will from time to time complement my Wales Antiques Web Site and its printed companion. The guide is a developing listing of general suppliers of antiques and collectables in Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Powys and beyond; it now including auctions and in the future specialist heritage related attractions. Over 23 years it has become an essential resource for anyone with an interest in buying and selling antiques and collectables in West Wales and Beyond. If you would like to know more visit the site here.

Planned books:

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Current books:

The Root of Wild Madder: Chasing the History, Mystery and Lore of the Persian Carpet by Brian Murphy
Moonraker by Ian Fleming

Recent books:

Turbulence by Giles Foden
The Black Sea: The Birthplace of Civilisation and Barbarism by Neal Ascherson
Restoration London by Liza Picard
Writers in Hollywood, 1915-51 by Ian Hamilton
Imperium by Robert Harris

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Jo Conti: The Lampeter – Italian Connection

Those that were at SDUC Lampeter with me in the late ’70′s will remember the subject of this posting. The more astute amongst them will also recognise the the connection with the recent Lemon Boys photo posting.
We came into Jo Conti’s orbit because we loved a cafe with a Juke Box. In Lampeter that meant smoking cocktail Sobranies in Leno Conti’s cafe. And that’s how we met Welsh-Italian Jo Conti.
An occassional star of BBC Wales, her latest appearance on My Secret Wales takes on the story of how Italian prisoners of War interned in Henllan, Ceredigion, transformed a camp hut into a home-from-home Catholic Church; fresco-ed and decorated with what they could scavenge they created a remarkable gem of transplanted vernacular architecture.
Cuttings and transplants can take and some can blossom and endure.

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Look Though Any Window

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Here’s another beauty from Richard Daniel Jones’ now nearly legendary Midnight and the Lemon Boys shoot. Marcus and ‘Oggins caught in the act of burglarising their own drum.
BTW wee Bob Machin has pointed out that Chris Anderson was to become a Colorado ~~Beetle~~ Beatle; let’s hope he ditched the dodgy espadrilles. (That last bit won’t make sense until I post a picture of his footwear will it? Watch this space.)

This is the blog of Paul Williams, Ceredigion resident since 1970. I am an English and Philosophy graduate of what was once known as St David's University College, at Lampeter . I played bass in Dyfed's first punk band and, living in Llandewi Brefi, had a grandstand view of Operation Julie . Eventually, after 2 years playing bass in Brighton's 256th punk band , I returned to Wales to deal in books and then antiques. I've trained and worked as a counsellor, I am a photographer, blog and web designer and I publish the annual Wales Antiques Guide . I am married and a father of one.