50yrs in a United Welsh house!

In 1957 Mrs Lloyd moved onto Rectory Road, Swyfydd. The 96 year old grand-mother of seven and great grand-mother of five has seen a great deal change over the past 50yrs. On reaching such a great milestone, Tony Whittaker, Chief Executive of United Welsh visited Rectory Road to meet our most loyal tenant.

Rectory Road was originally owned by the Lewis family and No 14 was also home to Mrs Lloyd’s mother for many years. Born in Middlesex in 1912 the family moved back to Wales during the war and Mrs Lloyd spent some time living at No 90 Rectory Road before moving into her present home.

When asked what she thought of her United Welsh home Mrs Lloyd said:

“I’m happy living here, this is a lovely community and the neighbours are very friendly. A lot has changed in the area but this is still a good home.”

Mrs Lloyds father worked down the mines in Senghenydd. A mine with one of the saddest histories of any colliery in the British Isles. It was 1897 when production began at Senghenydd. The mine was to close just over thirty years later with the dubious honour of being the site of the largest mining disaster in the history of the British coalfields. This issue is particularly pertinent to Mrs Lloyd as just eight years after the mine began production a disaster caused the death of 81 men and boys. On that tragic day Mrs Lloyds father was the only person to walk out of the mine alive.

Mrs Lloyd received flowers from Tony Whittaker, Chief executive of United Welsh