A nation in agony of grief and mourning in , Wales braced to rebuild β and to build a better world. Is it to be nothingβ¦ but the laying of wreaths and blowing of last posts?
Differing attitudes to confronting conflict are not new. Through WW1, the Davies family of Llandinam in Powys would have had dinner table debates that represented the cross-section of society. Grandchildren of the Welsh industrialist David Davies :.
In the early s, as families grappled with the Aftermath of WW1 and their loss, memorials sprang up Wales-wide. The Book of Remembrance was the work of world-renowned calligrapher Graily Hewitt , working closely it is thought with the Davies sisters and their Gregynog Press artists.
A great nationwide effort was made to gather the names of the fallen; and a team of women in Midhurst, Sussex worked over several years to complete the Book. The Davies sisters and the Gregynog Press had a mission to create books of high art and beauty. It was formally unveiled to the public on For the first decade, the Book was held at the National Museum of Wales.
But its creation had inspired a greater mission. But even as the Temple was under construction, sandbags and bomb shelters were being constructed on the streets either side.
