Cows, Cobs & Corner Shops - The Story of London's Welsh Dairies / Y Lôn Laeth i'r Ddinas - Hanes Llaethdai Cymru Llundain

Author: Megan Hayes

ISBN: 9781784615260

Publication Date: 14 November 2018

Publisher: Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont

Format: Paperback, 200x210 mm, 216 pages

Language: Bilingual (Welsh and English)

An account of how the Welsh have, over the centuries, been crucial in supplying milk to the population of London. Beginning with the influence of the drovers who took their cattle from rural Wales to the city, this book moves on to describe the establishment of many dairies and corner shops which, open all hours, provided fresh milk to the growing metropolis. Reprint, first published 2018.

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Author Biography:

Megan Hayes was born in Shoreditch, London, of Cardiganshire parents working in the London milk trade. After gaining a degree in Chemistry at University College Wales, Aberystwyth, she had a career in research and teaching before being appointed in 1974 as a senior adviser to the then Hereford and Worcester Local Education Authority. She retired in 1990 and now lives in Aberaeron.