This a supplementary recording of a conversation in Welsh with Gwenllian Atkinson, who grew up on a dairy farm (Glasfryn) in Llangain in the 1950s and 60s. Her family have a long tradition of dairy farming. in this short recording she shares her memories of the travelling salespeople who used to call at the farm in Llangain. Gwen kindly spoke with Anthony Rees as part of the Carmarthenshire milk stand project. The photos she talks of are also part of the Carmarthenshire collection of milk stands / Glasfryn. A longer first interview is also available on The People Collection of Wales website.

Summary of this short conversation

Living on the farm there were no nearby shops so the local bread man would visit twice a week as would a travelling butcher from Swansea. Also a company called ‘Blacks’ from Swansea would visit every couple of months selling bedclothes, aprons, towels etc.  Gwen’s mother would always purchase something, even if it wasn’t needed and Gwen remembers having a lot of the towels when she got married. 

Gwen remembers once, when her mother had gone somewhere for the day, the baker left the loaf on the milk stand to be paid when he next visited.