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21 of 29, The Old Ferodo Factroy Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 2/29/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is number 21 of a series of 29 caches placed over approximately 29.2 miles from Pwllheli to Bangor as part of our celebrations for Leap Day, 29.2.2016 Dyma cache rhif 21 o gyfres o 29 sydd wedi ei osod dros bellter oddeutu 29.2 milltir o Bwllheli i Fangor fel rhan o'n dathliadau ar gyfer y Diwrnod Naid, 29.2.2016.

Behind this cache is the site of the old Ferodo Factory of Caernarfon. The Ferodo plant opened by Princess Margaret in 1962. The factory was bought in 1997 by American Craig Smith and renamed Friction Dynamics. However, the site will be remembered by most people for the lengthy industrial strike staged by the Transport and General Workers Union members of Friction Dynamics which started in April 2001 and lasted for two and a half years. A tribunal ruled in 2003 that workers sacked in an industrial dispute in 2001 had been unfairly dismissed. In 2003 Friction Dynamics went into administration. The last workers left the site in 2007/08. More recently the land, which lies just off the Menai Strait, was chosen as the preferred site for a multi-million pound North Wales prison which would have created around 1,000 jobs, but it was withdrawn in September 2009.

Since then, the old factory buildings have fallen into disrepair and was a target for arsonists in 2010. You can see the factory in it's hay day in this video of the Royal Train arriving at the temporary platform built nearby for the Investiture of Prince Charles in 1969

Tu ôl y cache yma y mae safle'r hen ffactori Ferodo yng Nghaernarfon. Agorwyd y ffactori gan Dywysoges Margaret yn 1962. Prynwyd y ffactori gan Americanwr Craig Smith yn 1997 ac ail enwyd yn Friction Dynamics. Mae'r safle yn cael ei gofio gan bobl am safle'r streic hiraf yng Nghymru gan aelodau'r Transport and General Workers Union o'r ffactri a ddechreuodd yn Ebrill 2001 a pharhaodd am ddwy flynedd a hanner. Dyfarnodd tribiwnlys yn 2003 bod y gweithwyr a chafodd ei diswyddo mewn anghydfod diwydiannol yn 2001 wedi cael eu diswyddo'n annheg . Yn 2003 aeth Friction Dynamics i ddwylo'r gweinyddwyr . Gadawodd y gweithwyr olaf adael y safle yn 2007/08 . Yn fwy diweddar cafodd y tir sy'n gorwedd ychydig oddi ar yr Afon Menai , ei dewis fel y safle a ffafrir ar gyfer carchar yng Ngogledd Cymru a fyddai wedi creu tua 1,000 o swyddi, ond fe'i tynnwyd yn ôl ym mis Medi 2009. Ers hynna, mae'r hen adeiladau wedi mynd yn adfeilion, ac roedd yn darged i losgwyr yn 2010. Gallwch weld y factori yn ei ddyddiau gorau yn hwn, fideo o'r Tren Brenhinol yn cyrraedd platfform dros dro a adeiladwyd gerllaw i ar gyfer arwisgiad Tywysog Charles yn Caernarfon yn 1969.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oruvaq 3sg uvtu.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)