Horsehair sofas and high-backed chairs in the parlour ... the mantle piece was made of slate ... above it stood a wooden over mantle with a centre mirror and small statues with knickknacks. On the wall enlarged photographs of parents, grandparents . . . Boer War generals or King Edward VII or Mr. Gladstone ... Comfortable chairs were scorned as a weakness and arm chairs, like the beds, were made for Spartans (people used to hard living). Iron bedsteads with brass decoration and wire mattresses cost £2.10.0d. double, £1.10.0d. single ... Eiderdowns were too expensive, so extra warmth in winter was provided by heavy quilts made in West Wales or else home-made patchwork quilts ..

Men still wore Welsh flannel shirts ... Best or 'Sunday suits, of dark cloth ... No one went hatless; the bowler or cap for most people ... Everyone wore boots; Shoes for men were considered effeminate ... In the early 1900s infant boys still wore frocks until they were "breeched' at three or four years of age, and Until they were seven or eight might be decked Out on Sundays in sailor suits ... Older boys Wore heavy nailed boots, long thick stockings, breeches fastened at the knee, waistcoats, belted jackets, caps ... Female clothing was also heavy and cumbersome (awkward).