| Some find the present political wrangling at Westminster fascinating. Others would describe it as boring, infuriating, frustrating……etc etc. Each to his own. North Pembrokeshire was a hot bed of political interest a century ago when The County Echo carried the following announcement. It is a ‘who’s who’s’ of the movers and shakers of Fishguard a century ago! | Mae rhai yn cael y ffraeo gwleidyddol presennol yn San Steffan yn hynod ddiddorol. Byddai eraill yn ei ddisgrifio fel diflas, dal, rhwystredig……a.y.b. Pawb at y peth y bo. Roedd Gogledd Sir Benfro yn trobwll o ddiddordeb gwleidyddol ganrif yn ôl pan gyhoeddodd Y County Echo yr adroddiad canlynol. Mae’n gofrestr diddorol o gymeriadau Abergwaun ganrif yn ôl. |
“Fishguard Elections for URBAN COUNCIL 1909. Appended is the list of candidates nominated for the five vacant seats upon the Fishguard Urban District Council for which polling will take place on the fifth prox.
THOMAS JONES, mason, Jubilee Terrace.— Proposed by David Cornock, Main Street seconded by Griffith Thomas, High Street.
W JAMES CHARLES YORKE, J.P., esquire, Langton, Dwrbach. Proposed by T G Bennett, J.P., Fontane House seconded by David Rees Reynolds, High Street.
TITUS EVANS, retired master mariner, Tyrhos. Proposed by Thomas Meyler, Bryn Heulog seconded by J R Richards, Market Square.
DAVID GWION THOMAS, mason, Kensington Street.—Proposed by David Rees Reynolds seconded by B G Llewhelin, Maesgwynne.
GRIFFITH THOMAS, master baker, High Street.– Proposed by David Gwion Thomas, Kensington Street seconded by B G Llewhelin, Maesgwynne.
JOHN MORGAN SYMMONDS, builder, West Street. Proposed by David Rees Reynolds, High Street, seconded by Henry Garnon, High Street.
THOMAS LEWIS, chemist. Market Square. —Proposed by B G Llewhelin, Maesgwynne seconded by James Thomas, Angorfa. Also proposed by L Evans, Echo Office and seconded by Titus Evans, Tyrhos.
HARRY WILLIAMS, boot and shoe stores, West Street.—Proposed by J R Richards, Market Square seconded by David John, Brodog Terrace.
OWEN DAVIES JONES, schoolmaster, High Street.—Proposed by Dan Davies, Môr Awel, seconded by L Evans, Echo Offices. Also’ proposed by T G Bennett, Fontane House, and seconded by J R Richards, Market Square.
ENOCH DAVIES, contractor, Lower Town.- Proposed by B G Llewhelin, Maesgwynne, seconded by M Jones, Emporium.
WILLIAM ROGER EYNON, Ironmonger, High Street.—Proposed by David Rees, Main Street seconded by Mark Bevan Tegid Maurice, West End House.
WILLIAM REES CARVER auctioneer, Park House. Proposed by Thomas Meyler, Bryn Heulog seconded by David Rees, Main Street.
WALTER JOHN VAUGHAN, solicitor, Castle Hill. Proposed by J R Richards, Market Square, seconded by Titus Evans, Tyrhos.
THOMAS MORGAN, builder, Plasyfron.—Proposed by Rev Dan Davies, Môr Awel seconded by L Evans, Echo Offices.
WILLIAM PATTERSON, grocer, &c., Wallis street. Proposed by L Evans, Echo Offices seconded by Henry Evans, Lower Fishguard.
WILLIAM EDWARDS, carpenter, The Slade. Proposed by Titus Evans, Tyrhos seconded by John Morgan Owen, Park Street.
Tuesday noon was the last moment for the receipt of withdrawals, and by that time the opportunity had been taken advantage of by Messrs W R Carver, W Patterson, Thomas Morgan, Griffith Thomas, J Morgan Symmons, and W R Eynon, thus leaving ten candidates for five seats, which we find to be similar in number to the contestants at the last election.”
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