Lakes And Abbey 1936, Talley
Lakes And Abbey 1936, Talley Ref: 87713
Memories of Lakes And Abbey 1936, Talley
My Family Memories
My great grandparents, John and Margaret Williams, lived at Llansadwrn and they and my grandparents are buried in the Church Yard at Talley. My grandparents, Evan and Florence (Dolly) Williams lived at Dan y Graig. Many happy days spent there with them in the 60's. My grandmother worked very hard to make ends meet as unfortunately my grandfather, who had seen active service in the trenches during the first world war, had been badly scarred by his experiences and sadly drank to excess. I believe that my grandfather, an ex policeman, was the village postman at some stage. I have visited Talley recently and the old road around to the church is still as I remember it, but sadly as with many other lovely old villages, a horrible big road runs through the middle of it. My grandparents were very friendly with "Annie Cwmdu" who ran the pub and we used to visit her a lot. Oh such happy days.....
Blacksmiths of Talley
Although I have only recently been to Talley on researching my family history my roots go back to the village well into the 1700s. The family I speak about is the Griffiths family of Blaenag Isaf, they were the blacksmiths of the village right up until 40 years ago. Nearly all of William Griffith's sons also became blacksmiths in and around the villages. William was my G G G grandfather, we are connected to many families within the area and are also related to the Griffiths family of Cwmdu. On researching the family I have become very interested not just in the geneology of my family but of the area and the life they had. I am very proud of my roots, it can't have been an easy life that they led.
Talley & local memories
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