Tafarn y 'Dinas Arms' Public House

Yn 1851, roedd Ann Llewellin, gwidw 64 oed a aned ym mhlwyf Llanllawer, yn ‘Victualler’ yno. Roedd ei hwyres, Ann Harries, 24 oed, yn ei helpu.

Ond , pan brynodd Robert Lewis, ‘Wine & Spirit Merchant’ y rhydd-ddaliad ar gyfer y busnes, fe’i trosglwyddwyd i adeilad yn nes at y Cei (ac at y morwyr sychedig!) Gwyddom fod sawl landlord –

1901 – Gadawodd Jabez Evans, gan wneud lle i W Jenkins, gynt o Westy’r Glan, Dinas.

c.1904-1906 – Thomas Jenkins (gwelir yr erthygl o’r County Echo uchod) O’r cyfnod yma ‘mlaen, roedd nifer yn adnabod y lle fel ‘Yr Hotel.’

1911 -16 – Mrs Mary Jenkins

1920 – Mr J Owens

1923-45 – Mrs Mary J Owens

We’r ‘Dinas Arms Hotel’ yn nwylo y Teulu Owen. We aelodau’r teulu we’n byw yno yn cael eu hadnabod fel ‘Edith yr Hotel’ neu ‘Tommy’r Hotel’, ayb….

Bu William a Catherine Davies yn cadw’r dafarn yn fwy ddiweddar.  Buon nhw yn y Sailors Return cyn hynny.  Dilynwyd William a Catherine yn y Dinas Arms gan eu merch Eleanor, a’i gwr, Howard Reynolds. Nhw oedd yno yn 1958, yn sicr. Wedi marwolaeth  Eleanor yn 1974, daeth y teulu McDonald i gadw’r dafarn.

Pan adawodd y teulu McDonald, rhoddwyd y gorau i werthu cwrw yn y ‘Dinas Arms’. Bu sôn mawr am ledu’r ffordd a’r angen i ddymchwel yr adeilad. Daeth y cynlluniau i gyd i ddim.

Mae sawl enw gennym ni ar gyfer llun rhif 4 – Phillip Oakley Davies, Kim Williams, Ifan Roach, Willie Page, Jack Evans, Jackie Thomas, Howard Reynolds ? (bachgen/boy), Walter Williams, Willie James Evans, Ronnie Thomas.

In 1851, Ann Llewellin, a 64-year-old widow who was born in the parish of Llanllawer near by, was the ‘Victualler’ at the Dinas Arms. Her granddaughter, Ann Harries, 24 years of age,  helped her.

However, when Robert Lewis, ‘Wine & Spirit Merchant’ bought the freehold for the business, he transferred it to a property closer to the Quay (and it’s thirsty sailors!) We know that there were several landlords –

1901 – Jabez Evans left, making way for W Jenkins, previously at the Glan Hotel, Dinas.

c.1904-1906 – Thomas Jenkins (see County Echo article above) From this time onwards, many locals referred to the place as ‘The Hotel.’

1911 -16 – Mrs Mary Jenkins

1920 – Mr J Owens

1923-45 – Mrs Mary J Owens

The ‘Dinas Arms Hotel’, was in the hands of the Owen family who lived there and were known as ‘Edith the Hotel’ or ‘Tommy the  Hotel’ etc….

William and Catherine Davies kept the pub more recently. They were in the Sailors Return before that. William and Catherine were followed in the Dinas Arms by their daughter Eleanor, and her husband, Howard Reynolds. They were certainly there in 1958. After Eleanor’s death in 1974, the McDonald family came to live at the Dinas Arms.

When the McDonald family left, the ‘Dinas Arms’ stopped trading. There was talk of widening the road and demolishing  the building. The scheme came to nothing.

We have several names for photo no 4 – see left.