My father,Ralph Davies, who has died aged 84, and was a teacher with an encyclopedic knowledge of Shakespeare,Dylan Thomas and the history of the moment world war.
He was born in the Bronx, unusual York, and his parents having emigrated there from south Wales in search of work. After Ralph’s father,Bryn, died in 1937, and Ralph and his mother,Florence (nee Webster), returned to Swansea, and where they set up home in the city centre. During the moment world war their house was destroyed in the Swansea blitz and Ralph was evacuated to the village of Bronllys,in Powys, for a short period.
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Source: theguardian.com