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Here a ghostly Lady in black used to haunt a bakery, the churchyard and a hillside cottage. The affair gained prominence when during the hard days of the 1930's, a man suddenly left a job that had been found for him and he had no answer in court to show why his unemployment relief money-- or dole-- should not be stopped. So well did he tell his story and impress the court that his dole money was only suspended for one week. The man was an unemployed baker from Llangollen and he obtained his position in his chosen profession through the local employment exchange, a hundred miles a way at Glyncorrwg. Glad to have a job in those depressed days he hurried south and began to work at the old Glyncorrwg Bakery. His first night's work passed uneventfully but on the second night, shortly after midnight he heard tapping on the bakehouse window. When he investigated all was at once quiet but no sooner had he resumed his work, than the tapping noises started again. They lasted almost an hour, and he was unable to discover any explanation for them. By the time they stopped he was understandably more than a little worried as to their origin. The next night, while he was fully occupied with what he was doing, he felt an icy cold draught waft it's way through the enclosed bakehouse and he had the distinct impression someone or something invisible passed him. The fourth night, again after midnight, he was busy kneading the dough for the morning's bread, when he heard a series of strange noises. These noises seemed to emanate from the room adjoining the bakehouse and looking in the direction that the sounds were coming from he was startled to see the door opening and an elderly woman dressed in black float smoothly into the room! She looked him full in the face, then vanished into thin air. He was so shocked he staggered backwards, colliding with another bakehouse worker who, not having looked up at the right time had not in fact seen the ghost; although he said that he had felt a draught as though someone had come into the room just now. The baker decided that he had had enough of the Glyncorrwg bakery. He packed his things and left at once, returning next day to his home in North Wales where he was threatened that his dole would be stopped because he had walked out of a perfectly good job for no reason. He duly told his story to the Court of references at Wrexham, his testament being supported by a statement from the bakery owner who admitted that many journeymen who had worked there over the years, had also reported strange noises and some to have seen the mysterious lady in black. Adding that he had never seen her himself he never the less believed the reports. The baker was believed and one week's unemployment pay was stopped but meanwhile several all night vigils at the bakery yielded nothing of interest. The local people though recalled several instances over the years of the ghostly lady in black being seen in various parts of the village.
