2. When I was small, I lived in Wales and learned to swim in the River Dyfi. What was the name of the town or city in which I lived?
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Answer:
Machynlleth
According 2001 census figures, about 2,147 people are fortunate enough to live in Machynlleth, in the mid-Wales region now called Powys. From 1945 to 1949 I was one of them, and to this day I suffer from hiraeth, that peculiar-to-the-Welsh longing for Wales.
There has been a settlement there since Celtic times. The Romans had a camp on Wylfa, one of the hills that surround the town, and Owain Glyndwr, the last Welsh Prince of Wales, had his parliament building on what is now Maengwyn Street. Since the 13th century, a market has been held every Wednesday, originally selling farm animals, cloth, foodstuffs, and, more recently, arts and crafts created by the many artists, jewellery makers, weavers, and craftsmen who have made Machynlleth their home. Machynlleth is also one of Britain's leading centres for alternate energy technologies.
While approximately 70% of the townspeople speak Welsh, they also speak English, which is a good thing for the tourists who throng its streets.
Machynlleth lies south-east of Bangor and south-west of Rhyl, and the Afon Dyfi (that's the River Dyfi - pronounced Dovey - to non-Welsh speakers) empties into the Dyfi Estuary on Cardigan Bay. Aberdyfi (which means mouth of the Dyfi) is on the Estuary.
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