Bronwen Gregory was born on 30th May 1907 at 208 Parc Road, Cwmparc, Glamorgan, South Wales.   She was the fourth of ten children of Elizabeth (nee Jones) and George Gregory.

On 16th April 1927 she married Thomas Wallace, at the at St. Dyfdwg Church, Parish of Treorchy.

Their first child, Cyril David, sadly died when he was just 10 days old.   They moved to 306 Parc Road, Cwmparc, where their three daughters - Enid, Peggy and Pamela - were born.

In 1947 the family moved to Swindon, first to 36 Westcott Place, then in 1948 to 25 Westcott Place; later that year they moved to 35 Gordon Road.   In 1963 they moved to Pembroke Street, in the Old Town area, then in 1969/70 to 44 Cheney Manor Road.

Bronwen died on 11th July 1976 at Princess Margaret Hospital from a pulminary embolism after surgery on the gall bladder.   After her funeral she was cremated and her ashes scattered in the Garden of Remembrance at Kingsdown Crematorium, Stratton St. Margaret.

Mandy remembers her grandmother as, quite simply, a lovely person.   Never harsh, always loving, generous and hard working.   Mandy spent lots of time with her grandparents - Nanny and Grampy Sweets - when she was a child and adored that precious time.

Mandy would arrive on a Friday night and settle down to watch tv for a while before it was bed time.   Nanny Sweets would warm Mandy's nighty in front of the fire and prepare a hot water bottle for the bed - a sort of round concrete contraption that would bake her toes if they got anywhere near it.   In the morning there would be a tap on the door and Grampy would bring in a cup of tea for Mandy to drink; later would come the irresistable smell of bacon.   After breakfast Nanny would go about her business - washing up, tidying, picking up crumbs, all while wearing a wrap around pinney.   But Mandy loved to watch her make apple pie; she loved to eat that pie too!   Nobody can make apple pie as nice.   Her strawberry jam (made from strawberries grampy grew in the garden) was also superb but looked like lots of hard work to produce.   Other things Mandy remembers about her nan is the lovely wavy white hair, rosy cheeks and when she couldn't remember the correct word saying 'whatchamacallit'.

Mandy's sister Terri also had very fond memories of her grandparents; Terri and her baby Gregory stayed with them for a short while when Nanny wasn't too well.   Gregory was only about six weeks old when his great-grandmother died; Terri was always pleased Nanny Sweets had at least a short time with him.