I got talking to a couple in the launderette the other day. They've lived in Hay a little bit longer than I have, and when they go away, they go round fleamarkets looking for old postcards of the area.
So, a few years ago, they were up in Southport, and they found a postcard with a picture of the Rhydspence Inn. This is an ancient black and white building right on the border between England and Wales - in fact, they still have an English bar and a Welsh bar, which was an important difference in the days when Wales was dry on Sundays, but England wasn't....
This postcard was dated 1946, and had been sent by a couple and their young son back to the older son who was still in Birmingham, doing his exams.
The couple happened to know the old lady who had been the landlady of the Rhydspence at the time, and they showed her the card. "Oh, yes, I remember them - they stayed right the way through the War," she said.
It seems they liked the area so much that the little boy who was mentioned on the card later returned to become landlord of the Griffin at Llyswen! He's now retired, of course.
All that local history from one little postcard!
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What was the name of the 'little boy' who became the landlord of the Griffin?
His first name was Richard - I don't remember what they said his last name was.
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