My father was Ashley Williams, his parents are in the photo. Eleanor was sister to Morgan Griffiths who was the last blacksmith to use the smithy at Talley.

My great grandparents were David Griffiths and Margaret Griffiths nee Rees.

My great great grandparents were William Griffiths and Eleanor Griffiths nee Thomas.

This photo shows Eleanor and David outside their house in St Teilo Street, Pontarddulais, where they spent most of their married life. David was a tailor and they met in Llandeilo where he was apprenticed to William Rees. They had seven children of whom Ashley, my father, was the youngest.

They both died within a month of each other in 1937 so I never knew them.

I'm told by a cousin that our grandmother Eleanor would often visit her brother Morgan at the smithy, taking her daughter Nellie with her.

John Williams 2014