J.H. Evans and Sons: Gathen Yard
In 1888 John Herbert Evans (1869-1933) and his brother William Valentine Evans (1881-1967) started J.H. Evans and Sons, also known as the Western Wagon…
Month: April 2016
Llanelly Pottery
Sarah Jane Roberts (1859-1935) was the main decorator of the cockerel plates which in the early twentieth century became the trademark of the…
The Griffith family of Lleyn
My grandmother Eluned Griffith (1898-1990) came from a family that embraced the Welsh traditions of music, religion, education and the seafaring heritage of…
The Evans families of Carmarthenshire
The northern slopes of the Black Mountain around Llanddeusant in Carmarthenshire were farmed by the Evans family for more than 300 years. Their…
The Dewsberry family of Burslem
Two talented artists, a couple of thriving businesses and three houses in Staffordshire: Thomas Chapman Dewsberry (1817-1892) was the head of a prosperous Victorian…