Corris Craft Centre opportunity for other related attractions at the Craft Centre site, for which a charge is made : The Craft Centre has a café called "Y Crochan" (Welsh for 'the cooking pot'). As part of the Centre's 30th Anniversary, a new Welsh food and drink shop was opened adjacent to the café, called "Bwtri Y Crochan" ('the Cooking Pot Larder'). There is a children's play area, next to outdoor seating and picnic tables. All of the Craft Centre Studios open daily from Easter to November, although some are open all year round. Access to the site is free. "Y Crochan café"
Ellen and William Craft and her white master, Ellen Craft used her appearance to pass as a white man, dressed in male clothing, during their escape. As prominent fugitives, they were threatened by slave catchers in Boston after passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, so the Crafts emigrated to England. They lived there for nearly two decades and reared five children. The Crafts lectured publicly about their escape. In 1860 they published a written account, "Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; Or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery". One of the most compelling of the many slave narratives published