LCW letter2
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This letter is from LC Williams to sister Gwladys in 1920 when he was 15.
Provided (wonderfully!) by Margaret Wells, 1 feb 2009.
Here's an email. conversation with margaret:
Emrys Williams
to Margaret
Wow! This is amazing! I have never seen any of Dad's handwriting from his childhood. He was 15 when he wrote this and it looks pretty scruffy for a 15-year-old who went on to teach English. He would have been embarrassed by "recieved" in the first sentence!
The sender's address is 38 Grawen. The addresses I have for him (from his school report) are 2, Cromwell Street, and later 7, Gwaelodygarth. There's a Grawen terrace not far away but I have no record of that.
The date is unclear but Wednesday 3rd in 1920 would have been either March or November, and it looks more like March to me.
Kenny must be Kenneth D H Williams, who is I think the Douglas who, I was told as a child, was a gunner in a WW2 bomber, killed in action (although I haven't found a record for his death). He would have been 4, I think, when the letter was written.
"Welling" is not anything I ever heard Dad called, although Wells and even Wellsey I do remember.
The second letter is from Innie or Inie. That must be Hywel, aged 7, judging from the oh-so-helpful birthday list! I don't know Hywel's middle name, do you? There are mistakes in the list, though. In particular, Dad quotes his own birthday as Feb 13th, while his birth certificate says Feb 17th. I can't actually remember what day we celebrated his birthday on in later life, and I don't know if I still have any record of that. Does that say "Mam Jun 20"? Annie's birth certificate says June 29th. And Owen was born in 1911, not 1912. I don't think I'll be using this as an original source, somehow! I see Dad spelt "Aneuryn" and "Hayden" differently from their usage in later life, and calls John "Jack", which I never heard.
Thank you ever so much for this, it's a real treasure!
Emrys
2009/2/1 Margaret Wells <private>
Dear Emrys,
whilst looking through some papers I have found this letter written by Llewelyn to Gwladys in 1920. It is a bit confusing at first glance but certainly decipherable. We always called him Uncle Wells and Gwlad called him Wellsey to us.
M