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  • W. Edwards was a native of Denbigh who came to Merthyr Tydfil in September 1877 to serve his apprenticeship as one of H. M. Inspectors of Schools. In his memoirs, published in 1934, he provides a detailed account of the social, industrial and cultural life of Merthyr at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Recollections of Merthyr Tydfil in 1877, by W. Edwards, 1934 [image 1 of 10]
  • Engraving of Mary Granville (Mrs Delany), dated 1782, from an original portrait by John Opie which was in the possession of Lady Llanover. Mary Granville (1700-88) (the future Mrs Delany) was born at Coulston, Wiltshire, the daugher of an aristocratic and influential family. She married Alexander Pendarves, an elderly MP in 1718 but he died in 1725 and Mary moved to London where she became a familiar face at public and social functions. In 1743 she married Patrick Delany, an Irish Anglican cleric. She died in 1788 at Windsor Castle. During her lifetime Mary had been a prolific writer of letter and corresponded regularly with her family and friends. She was the great-aunt of Lady Llanover (Augusta Hall, ne้ Waddington) (1802-96).
Portrait of Mrs Delany, from her autobiography edited by Lady Llanover, 1861
Extracts from 'Old Llanelly' by John Innes (1902), title page [image 1 of 12]
  • Annie Gwen Jones went to Hughesovka in 1889 as tutor to John Hughes' grand-daughters. She left the town in 1892. She wrote this brief personal history about 1944.
'Hughesovka Stalino', a memoir by Annie Gwen Jones, page 1 [image 1 of 14]