All the photos on this page were kindly provided by Peter Hutchinson, who is pictured here. Mind you, he doesn't look like that now !

Peter used to visit Ty'n Refail in the late 1950s when the house was owned by his grandfather, Arthur James Hutchinson.

Peter is seen standing on a stile which is no longer there.

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And here is Arthur James Hutchinson with his immediate family (wife Madge, and sons, left to right, Brian (Peter's father), Jimmy and Geoff.

Peter's grandfather purchased the property in 1945, with 21 acres of land, all for £1,610 !!

This picture shows what is now the annexe in its previous lifetime, used as a barn and shippon.

Peter and his family visited often during the fifties, until the demise of his grandfather (aged 81) in 1960.

Apparently a room in the house was filled with hunting trophies, and indeed this shot shows antlers above the front door.

The lions have sadly now gone.

New! Jerry Hutchinson (cousin of Peter) has kindly sent me a picture of where the lions are now.

His father (Jimmy) had the job of clearing the house and decided that the lions were too important to the family to leave them at Ty'n Refail, so he removed them for safe-keeping, and here they sit in his garden to this day!

Here, Peter's father's car is seen parked outside the gate to Ty'n Refail. You couldn't do that now, you would make passing motorists and bus drivers very angry indeed.

The roof of the shop is just as it is now... just a lot less wonky!

Bigger upstairs windows and an extension in mid-construction.

These have now been replaced again, in fact with smaller windows, but a larger extension, what is now the dining room.

An interesting view of the house and annexe. There is an arched doorway that is no longer open. It is visible inside the hall, but not outside.

And the small window top left, into the second bedroom, has also been blocked off.

Peter's family again, stood outside the front door. The sloping roofed room to the right then contained a water tank, as Ty'n Refail was not connected to a water main.

This room has now been converted into a storage space, with a door where the lantern hangs here.

The extension has been completed in this shot.

The flagpole has now gone, Peter's Grandfather hoisted the flag on a daily basis, though he had to replace this Union Jack with a Welsh Dragon to placate the locals.

The house seen from the other side of a gate which again no longer exists.

The third chimney stack from the left no longer there either.

The house viewed from down the field, with the outside loo in the foreground.

Must have been a chilly business back in those days.

The 'cludgy', as it is now known, is used as a garden store today.

A view from way down the fields showing the house in relation to Bodafon mountain.

The house was sold to a Mr Butterworth, who was a cartoonist for the Daily Mail.

Hopefully we will one day discover more of the history of the property.

Here is an old plan of the house from around the time of the pictures above, showing before and after diagrams of proposed alterations.

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