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Gareth Griffith-Jones | |
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| Born | 28 April 1942 |
| Nationality |  Wales |
Gareth Griffith-Jones,aWelshman,was born on 28 April 1942 inCardiffand spent his early years on hisgrandfather's dairy farm,Pantrhiwgoch Farm, Tyla Lane,Castleton,Monmouthshire,midway between the cities of Cardiff andNewport, Wales.
Education was in England. At age 8, aprep schoolin Langley Road,Watforduntil passing the requiredCommon Entrance Examinationat 13. ThenMerchant Taylors',apublic school.Both wereboarding schoolsin those days.
James Hywyl Thomas,his maternal grandfather, was born inCynwyl Elfed,nearNewcastle Emlyn,Carmarthenshire.He was a farmer/dairyman, aProducer/Retailer of farm TT milk(tuberculin tested milk). He and his wife, Sarah, moved to Pantrhiwgoch Farm in 1929. He sold his house in Cardiff that overlookedRoath Park Lakebut retained his other property, also in the centre of Cardiff, which was hisdairyand, above it, a home for his employee and family. The business was named"J H Thomas & Sons".
Elvet farmed Pwll Coch Farm, Druidstone Road,St Mellons– Idwal, the younger son, farmed Glanynant Farm, Holly Bush Road,Cyncoed.Their elder sister, Mary, was a teacher ofdomestic scienceuntil the summer of 1941. She had married Thomas Francis Griffith-Jones that January. He was an officer in theRoyal Artillery,and had bought a house, "Abercray", Sherborne Avenue, Cyncoed, but because he was busy elsewhere, fighting theNazis,Mary and Gareth remained throughout the remainder ofWorld War IIon Pant Farm. The telephone number wasCastleton 37... just that.
Sadly, the dairy farm, which had been part of theTredegar Estate,was devastated when the extension to theM4from Tredegar Park was created right across its land, heading towards St Mellons. Work commenced during November 1975, and was opened to the public in October 1977. Subsequently, the M4 took another route to the north of the city and the new road was renamed theA48(M)and is thespurat the M4 junction 29 nearTredegar House;terminating in St Mellons at junction 29A, where it melds into Eastern Avenue (A48 dual-carriageway) and on to the city centre.
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