Lansio llyfr am yr ardal lleol

Lansio llyfr am yr ardal lleol ~ Launching a book about the local area


“To the degree its ephemeral, the social photo does the opposite: it interrupts the traditional photographic mode of fixing the present as impending history, positing instead a captured moment that is indifferent to such recording.”
― Nathan Jurgenson, (The Social Photo: On Photography and Social Media)

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Dim Shibashi heddiw, oherwydd roedd angladd yn y neuadd. Yn lle, cwrddais i â Nor'dzin r ôl ei grŵp llyfr ac aethon ni i Cucina Da Mara am ginio. Cawson ni Pitsa yn dilyn gan Tiramisu. Blasus iawn.

Es i i lansiad llyfr yn y prynhawn - '101 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Whitchurch' gan Nigel Lewis. Roedd llawer o bobl yna. doeddwn i ddim yn meddwl y basai cymaint o bobl yn ddiddordeb mewn hanes lleol. Roeddwn i anghywir.

Roedd diddorol iawn clywed am yr ardal ac am y llyfr hefyd . Prynais i gopi o'r llyfr, wrth gwrs, ac rydw i'n edrych ymlaen at ei ddarllen.

Un o bethau mwyaf synnu heddiw roedd gwraig oedd yn fy nghofio o ddyddiau ysgol - hanner can mlynedd yn ôl. Roedd hi'n dal adnabod fi ar ôl cymaint o amser hir. Dydw i ddim yn meddwl fy mod i'n edrych pymtheg oed nawr, a dydw i ddim yn meddwl edrychais i chwedeg pump oed pan roeddwn i yn yr ysgol. Felly marciau llawn iddi hi am ei chanfyddiad hi. Rydw i'n rhyfeddu. Mae hi'n aelod o'r grŵp sy'n edrych i mewn hanes lleol, felly rydw i'n siŵr gwelaf i hi eto yn y dyfodol. Ond efallai nid hanner can mlynedd yn y dyfodol.

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No Shibashi today, because there was a funeral in the hall. Instead, I met Nor'dzin after her book group and we went to Cucina Da Mara for lunch. We had Pizza followed by Tiramisu. Delicious.

I went to a book launch in the afternoon - '101 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Whitchurch' by Nigel Lewis. There were many people there. I didn't think so many people would be interested in local history. I was wrong.

It was very interesting to hear about the area and about the book too. I bought a copy of the book, of course, and I'm looking forward to reading it.

One of the most surprising things today was a woman who remembered me from school days - fifty years ago. She still recognized me after such a long time. I don't think I look fifteen now, and I don't think I looked sixty-five when I was at school. So full marks to her for her perception. I'm amazed. She is a member of the group looking into local history, so I'm sure I'll see her again in the future. But maybe not fifty years in the future.

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Disgrifiad (Cymraeg) : Awdur lleol Nigel Lewis yn lansiad ei lyfr e '101 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Whitchurch'. Yn y llun hwn roedd e'n tynnu sylw at rywbeth diddorol mewn hen lun o'r Eglwys Newydd

Description (English) : Local author Nigel Lewis at the launch of his book '101 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Whitchurch'. In this picture he was pointing out something interesting in an old picture of Whitchurch

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