Swansea Road Nurseries
The Wells family connection with gardening in Llanelli goes back to the early nineteenth century when great great great grandfather John Wells arrived in…
Author: Richard Evans
J.H. Evans and Sons: Gathen Yard
In 1888 great grandfather John Herbert Evans (1869-1933) and his brother William Valentine Evans (1881-1967) started J.H. Evans and Sons, also known as the…
Llanelly Pottery
Great great aunt Sarah Jane Roberts (1859-1935) was the main decorator of the cockerel plates which in the early twentieth century became the trademark…
The Griffith family of Lleyn
Grandmother Eluned Griffith (1898-1990) came from a family that embraced the Welsh traditions of music, religion, education and the seafaring heritage of the…
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
Great great great grandfather Thomas Chapman Dewsberry (1817-1892) was the head of a prosperous Victorian family involving two talented artists, a couple of…
The Blackmore family of Somerset and Llanelli
Great great grandfather James Blackmore (1835-1902) was among thousands of agricultural labourers who left the land during the industrial revolution of the mid…
For King and Country
Great uncle Tom Roberts (1892-1915) was one of between 15 and 22 million people estimated to have died in the First World War. …