My mother, Alice May WILLIAMS, was the eldest of five daughters of Mary & Harry WILLIAMS who lived at 46 Llwynon Road, having moved there around 1912 from The Rhondda. Harry looked after the horses at the pit and died 1952, Mary died 1959.

During the early part of WW1 Alice worked for Mrs POSKETT who had a milk round. It was very hard work for a young woman to carry a milk churn from which she ladled milk into the customers' jugs at their doorstep. On rainy days she returned home literally wet through to the skin.

Alice was soon to take up her next employment with Mr & Mrs WEST who kept the Gents Outfitters. This was much more formal and Mrs WEST kept a watchful eye on the stock pricing, not above adding a few pence if she thought the customer could afford it.

Before Alice and Bill married in 1924, Alice worked and lived-in at the Green-grocer/General Dealer's,
G JONES. Mr JONES who was known as the Gaffer. Mary FORD, Mrs FORD JONES's daughter and Alice became friends and kept in lifelong contact.

I have good reason to be thankful to the Cottage Hospital as at Easter 1940, Dr MAXWELL had me admitted for an emergency mastoid operation.