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Leighton Youth Hostel opened in 1934. It
was named after the nearest village on the
map. Early hikers hoping to book in
were baffled to find no sign of it in
the village. The following year the The November meeting of The Arts Society, Mid Wales
hostel was renamed as Long Mountain. & Borders (Formerly NADFAS) is on Thursday
We had seen the letters YHA pencilled onto one section 23rd November The speaker is Sarah Gathercole and
of our electricity fuse box and years ago had been given a the topic is Velazquez
very poor picture copied from the wartime handbook. and the Spanish Court.
Researching the YHA archives recently showed a new The meetings take
update in 2015 recording: ‘Welsh Harp - extensive place in The Powis
farmhouse, still featuring original half-timbering’. This Suite, Royal Oak Hotel,
entry was by their honorary archivist, John Martin, who Welshpool, and begin
came by when we were not at home. at 2.30pm. Non-
members are welcome
John subsequently sent us the super high definition to attend, though a
postcard we have used for this month’s cover picture — donation of £5 towards cost will be appreciated.
kindly described in the hostelling history he is now
compiling as ‘… a scene of timeless bucolic interest’. To For further details please e-mail
our eye the buildings show signs of noticeable avril@avrilhart.com
dilapidation — something later tenants and owners have
been trying to remedy for the last 50+ years. Did You Know?
To complete the Welsh Harp section of his archive, John EMAIL addresses Don’t have to be lower case. They can be a
asked if we had any knowledge of the Gittins family — mix of upper and lower case e.g.
the farmers who were the YHA wardens in the 30s and
40s. Yes — thanks to a most extraordinary meeting we did WEB SITES are the same — mixed case is fine up to the end
and knew exactly where and what parts of the buildings of the main domain part e.g.
were used to accommodate the hostellers.
www. is optional — you don’t need to type it in — it’s still
Organising the information from bygone eras was also shown in print to indicate an address for a web browser.
an incentive to finally draw up floor plans (never seen
before). The ‘house’ has evolved in sections over ABBREVIATION www is 6 syllables so is longer to say than the
hundreds of years and there are still parts we can’t agree World Wide Web which is only 3 syllables.
about the whys and whens. We’ve put extra documents in
the online versions where there are no space limitations. GEEK BONUS http:// is the really important address bit but
not always seen. HT = HyperText = the clickable links to go
Finally, don’t miss the thrilling prequel in next month’s another page or picture. TP = Transfer Protocol = the system
issue provisionally entitled ‘The Danish Connection’about to deliver pages and carry out click instructions.
an even earlier YHA nearby.
https:// is a more secure connection. These links are
the essence of Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s invention of the
web in March 1989. DH
Geek Information Service
Friday Thursday
1st December 2nd November
at 7:30 pm at 7:00 pm
LADY MACBETH SING
Leighton Youth Hostel opened in 1934. It
was named after the nearest village on the
map. Early hikers hoping to book in
were baffled to find no sign of it in
the village. The following year the The November meeting of The Arts Society, Mid Wales
hostel was renamed as Long Mountain. & Borders (Formerly NADFAS) is on Thursday
We had seen the letters YHA pencilled onto one section 23rd November The speaker is Sarah Gathercole and
of our electricity fuse box and years ago had been given a the topic is Velazquez
very poor picture copied from the wartime handbook. and the Spanish Court.
Researching the YHA archives recently showed a new The meetings take
update in 2015 recording: ‘Welsh Harp - extensive place in The Powis
farmhouse, still featuring original half-timbering’. This Suite, Royal Oak Hotel,
entry was by their honorary archivist, John Martin, who Welshpool, and begin
came by when we were not at home. at 2.30pm. Non-
members are welcome
John subsequently sent us the super high definition to attend, though a
postcard we have used for this month’s cover picture — donation of £5 towards cost will be appreciated.
kindly described in the hostelling history he is now
compiling as ‘… a scene of timeless bucolic interest’. To For further details please e-mail
our eye the buildings show signs of noticeable avril@avrilhart.com
dilapidation — something later tenants and owners have
been trying to remedy for the last 50+ years. Did You Know?
To complete the Welsh Harp section of his archive, John EMAIL addresses Don’t have to be lower case. They can be a
asked if we had any knowledge of the Gittins family — mix of upper and lower case e.g.
the farmers who were the YHA wardens in the 30s and
40s. Yes — thanks to a most extraordinary meeting we did WEB SITES are the same — mixed case is fine up to the end
and knew exactly where and what parts of the buildings of the main domain part e.g.
were used to accommodate the hostellers.
www. is optional — you don’t need to type it in — it’s still
Organising the information from bygone eras was also shown in print to indicate an address for a web browser.
an incentive to finally draw up floor plans (never seen
before). The ‘house’ has evolved in sections over ABBREVIATION www is 6 syllables so is longer to say than the
hundreds of years and there are still parts we can’t agree World Wide Web which is only 3 syllables.
about the whys and whens. We’ve put extra documents in
the online versions where there are no space limitations. GEEK BONUS http:// is the really important address bit but
not always seen. HT = HyperText = the clickable links to go
Finally, don’t miss the thrilling prequel in next month’s another page or picture. TP = Transfer Protocol = the system
issue provisionally entitled ‘The Danish Connection’about to deliver pages and carry out click instructions.
an even earlier YHA nearby.
https:// is a more secure connection. These links are
the essence of Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s invention of the
web in March 1989. DH
Geek Information Service
Friday Thursday
1st December 2nd November
at 7:30 pm at 7:00 pm
LADY MACBETH SING
