Love spoons go back 100s of years. Because the population was so spread out, the only place a young man could see a girl was at church but they weren't allowed to talk there. So if a young man liked a girl, he would carve a love spoon and give it to her. If she took it, it meant she was interested in him, too. He could then go to her parents. Various symbols would be carved into them. Hearts, of course, meant love; an anchor signified he was steady, etc. Love spoons became more and more elaborate. They are carved out of a single block of wood, even though some of them look like links in a chain or balls floating in a cage. The ones being carved today range from the very simple to extremely complex.
After leaving the carvers, we drove to the Welch resort town of Tenby. It is ancient and was originally a walled city. Most of those walls still stand. I'd you enter the old city, it has those very narrow, winding cobbled streets lined with shops. Apparently, it is a very popular beach resort here.
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