Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, WINDSOR (1930 - 2019), actor Windsor Davies was born on 28 August 1930 in Canning Town in the East End of London, the son of Anyan Davies and his wife Maggie (née Jones). He had one sister, Glenys. Both his parents were Welsh speakers. In 1940, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, the family moved back to Anyan Davies's home village of Nant-y-Moel in Ogmore Vale. Windsor attended Ogmore Grammar School, and
EVANS, ELMIRA (Myra) (1883 - 1972), teacher, author and folklorist in Whalley Range where they started a family, though David Wynne their firstborn died young. Their second child, Aneurin, was taught his native language and attended a Welsh chapel in Manchester. When Evan was appointed Professor of Physics at University College Swansea in 1920, the family moved to Fir Dene in Sketty. Myra gave birth to three more children, Nest, Glenys and Mervyn, and started work
HUGHES, CLEDWYN (BARON CLEDWYN OF PENRHOS), (1916 - 2001), politician , Hughes had the task of organising the election of a leader of the Labour Party who would also succeed Wilson as Prime Minister. Two of the candidates, James Callaghan and Roy Jenkins were close to Hughes but he carried out this difficult task with considerable tact and he was pleased when Callaghan succeeded Wilson in April 1976. Callaghan and Hughes had first met in 1949 at the home of Glenys
WALTERS, GARETH (1928 - 2012), composer recorded works include A Gwent suite (1959), Elegy (1969) for string orchestra, an overture, Primavera (1962), Little suite for harp and Capriccio for guitar (1980). He married Glenys Jones in 1969 and died at Kingston, Surrey on 31 May 2012.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ALBERT (1909 - 1946), organist, music critic and composer Chatham St. Presbyterian chapel, Liverpool, when he was 16 years old. Later he became organist at Douglas Road chapel and at the English Independent chapel in Great George St., Liverpool. On leaving school at the age of 16 he worked as a clerk to Liverpool city corporation. In 1940 he married Glenys Jones from Church Village, Pontypridd. He continued as a music student under the instruction of W.H

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