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Hilda Griffiths (b. date unknown, d. date unknown)

Hilda Griffiths (daughter of George Griffiths and Emily Lloyd) was born date unknown, and died date unknown.

Notes for Hilda Griffiths:
Hilda Griffiths, or "Auntie Da" as she was universally known, was probably the most important person in my life as a child. She had never married, and lived the quiet life of a genteel early twentieth century lady. She had a lovely house in which she lived alone in Abersychan, just down the hill from The Farm, where lived her widowed sister-in-law with daughter, son-in-law and grand-daughter. A good part of her time was occupied by acting as Secretary and general organiser for a small Congregational Chapel, where she also played the organ.

My weekends and holidays with Auntie Da, spent mostly either on bus trips (which we both loved!) or in her beautiful garden, were the only things which made my unhappy childhood bearable. She was kind, lively, and enormously patient yet with a mind as sharp as a razor. When I contracted a serious viral illness at the age of eleven I insisted that I should go to stay with her to recover (for eight months as it turned out) rather than stay at home. She must have had mixed feelings about this, but never showed anything but care, love and tenderness. I can honestly say that she was the most perfect human being I have ever known.