J.H. Evans and Sons: Gathen Yard
Coal, copper, lead, iron, tinplate, the development of the railway and the docks transformed Llanelli in the nineteenth century from a sleepy village…
Month: April 2016
Llanelly Pottery
The Llanelly Pottery was the last of the large scale potteries in South Wales. Sarah Jane Roberts (1859-1935) was the main decorator of…
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…