Once a thriving community with two pubs, a garage and a post office, it is now largely reduced to a dormitory town or commuter village for Lampeter.

The primary school in the village, founded by local hero Gwilym Butler-Wilkins, has maintained its status as primarily Welsh speaking since its establishment in 1876.

This operation was part of a renewed government exercise of evacuating children because of the onset of the German V1 bombing campaign begun shortly before.

Facing them at the Cribyn school was a group of local residents who then made their choices, although unfortunately (probably understandable given the stresses and tiredness of the day) some of the children began to cry.

This writer was one of the group, but did not join in the crying, and stayed in a large house just outside the village until June 1945.