Garndolbenmaen
Garndolbenmaen, known colloquially as Garn, is a town in the county of Gwynedd, Wales. It lies near the A487, around 6 miles north west of Porthmadog, in the area of Dolbenmaen, which has a population of 1,300. The closest villages are Dolbenmaen as well as Bryncir. The Papur Bro, the local Welsh language paper, is called Y Ffynnon (The Source/Spring). Blaen y Cae tape-recording workshops are located in the town, where Pep Le Pew's cd, Un tro yn y Gorllewin and the last album by Gwyneth Glyn, Wyneb Dros Dro, were recorded. The producer as well as musician Dyl Mei likewise lives in Garndolbenmaen. About 50 students go to Ysgol Gynradd Garndolbenmaen, lots of students travel from neighboring towns including Pant Glas, Bryncir, Cwm Pennant and also Golan. The number of students going to the school has continued to be constant over the past 20 years. Most of the old homes in Garndolbenmaen have actually been developed into vacation houses. There is a club in the town, the Cross Foxes (this is currently shut). Nonetheless at the turn of the 20th century there were several clubs consisting of the Cross Pipes and Dafarn Faig, this was situated on the "lôn gefn" (alleyway) leading to Bryncir. The Gwynedd area councillor for the Dolbenmaen ward, Steve Churchman, a member of the Liberal Democrats, is the postmaster and also he made use of to run a small store (this is now shut).
