Swansea Road Nurseries
The Roberts family connection with gardening in Llanelli goes back to the early nineteenth century when John and Frances Wells arrived in Llanelli as…
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…
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…
The Blackmore family of Somerset and Llanelli
James Blackmore (1835-1902) was among thousands of agricultural labourers who left the land during the industrial revolution of the mid nineteenth century. He…
For King and Country
Between 15 and 22 million people are estimated to have died in the First World War. More than 300,000 are buried in military…