Author unattributed, sadly:
Landrover still charging today - must be a slow charger - but up to 98% when I switched off tonight.
Popped up to Beulah for some corn and growers pellets and 5 pallets so I am back in business again for the Pizza Patio and Barbecue Ballustrade.
Cleared a couple of bags of brambles that Susie has been clearing - and all the cuttings form the Climbing Rose which she has cut back.
Found a treacle tin and decided to use it as a reservoir for the toilet roll flame lamps - seemed to work well and was smouldering 3 hours later - but had to go out to Cardigan so cannot tll when it actually stopped flaming. Will have to experiment again tomorrow.
But this was the plan today...
Seem to have lost the original video - can't find it on the phone - oh well
In other news.. saw this article from Llanelli - 1919 on Police Women
**An article which shows how differently things were viewed 100 years ago. It's dated the 11th July 1919.
No Women Police.
CARMARTHENSHIRE STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE AGAINST FEMALE POLICE. At a meeting of the Carmarthenshire Standing Joint Committee at Carmarthen on Tuesday, Mr. F. R. Nevill, Llanelly, presiding. The question of the employment of policewomen was considered. The Chief Constable (Mr. W. Picton Philipps). in a report on the matter, stated that as local conditions had a bearing on the question, he presumed, if it were decided to make the experiment, that the first appointed policewoman would be stationed at Llanelly. where the greater number of offences by women and children were committed. Personally he was of opinion that the youth of Llanelly were not quite tile type who would be overawed by a policewoman. They came from a good fighting stock, as in the field of sport and actual warfare the men of Llanelly had well demonstrated, and he doubted whether a woman in police uniform would inspire fear, if even respect, in the minds of these juveniles, well up to the average in precocity, whilst recognising that it was principally the power represented by the uniform and not the person in it that commanded respect, he did not think that it would take these youngsters long to learn that a policewoman was not vested with the same legal power as a regular constable.
Was it probable that evidence would be more satisfactorily elicited by a policewoman than a policeman? Any admissive statement would in any event have to be respected in a public court, a greater ordeal than having to give the information privately to a constable.
He was dubious also whether women would not prefer to state the facts to a married constable than to an unmarried policewoman. The possible suggestion that the painful position of a female delinquent entitled her to what might be thought to be the more considerate performance of an unpleasant duty by a, member of the gentler sex might be met by the observation that it was not above question that women had more sympathy towards each other than a man had for a woman in trouble.
Referring to the proved usefulness of policewomen for certain purposes in the vicinity of camps, the Chief Constable stated that the morality of Llanelly reached a plane that did not tolerate the unfortunate class known as night-walkers, and such a "rani avis" at Llanelly would attract the immediate attention and close supervision of every constable in the locality. He had no doubt she would find the attention of a policewoman alone too embarrassing.
Summing up, the Chief Constable stated that as far as Carmarthenhire was concerned, the advantages were not sufficiently apparent to demand the appointment of a police woman. nor did there appear to be a pre-dominating reason why they should be preferred to the ordinary constable in any branch of police work. At the same time he thought they would constitute very useful auxiliaries in the event of inability to secure male recruits. the number now applying being less than it had been during the 36 years he had been connected with the force, and the quality with rare exceptions considerably inferior. Replying to questions, the Chief Constable said women police would not be vested with the legal powers vested in men, and in many respects they would be inferior to men constables. Mr. Thomas Jones (Llanelly) said if women were supposed to do the work of male police at night, they would have to go about in couples. Aid. John Lewis (Meiros Hall) - Very likely they will be in couples (laughter).
The Chief Constable said the women police would be employed in connection with women and children. Colonel Lloyd Harries (Llwyndewi) thought the employment of women police too dangerous an experiment, to embark upon. Aldr. Wm. Thomas (Whitland) said he understood that women police bad been a. great success in Swansea. The. committee, however, decided not to employ women police. David Davies (Rhyblid) said there were a few ex-soldiers in the county wishful to join the police force, but they were over the age limit for joining. The committee should assist, such men if possible by raising the age limit. The Chief Constable said that as a rule he was able to get men under 25 years of age. He preferred to get them at about 21 years. Men must serve 25 years for a pen- SIC)]). On the motion of Mr. David Davies, seconded by Ald. H. E. B. Richards (Carmarthen). it was decided that special consideration should he given to ex-service men wishing to join the police force, if they were generally fit. The Chief Constable said he would give preference to ex-service men, all thing3 being equal. The Chief Constable reported that the Carmarthenshire police representative board in connection with conditions of service and general welfare of the force. other than question of discipline, had been elected and consisted of the following members of the force:—Inspector Nicholas (Llanelly). Jones (Llandilo). Williams (Carmarthen), Sergts. Britten (Ammanford). Davies (St. Clears), Rees (Llanelly), and Constables David Davies (Llanstephan). D. H. Edwards (Ammanford), Evan Davies (Llanelly). J. Maclaren (Tumble), W. J. Thomas (Llandilo), and J. A. Owen (Carmarthen).
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| Back Wall getting there |
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| Started work on the flooring |
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| Did the planking around the Tree Table |
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| And what it is looking like so far |
