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hi blue ,, i do have a printout from the library archives,, makes for very interesting reading!!!! i believe my grandmother did only stay for a short time after mom was born,,the father was already married to a catholic lady who wouldnt divorce him,, but i also believe he tried to support grandma and mom,,hi my mother was born at brownlow hill in 1924 as her mother was unmarried subsequently 'asked to leave' the family home!!!! my grandmother went on to become a baker/confectioner in a shop on sugnell street liverpool,,,,,,coincidentally now underneath the former workhouse,, present university!!!!!!
Did you ever find out the father's name? Affiliation Registers are available to view at Liverpool Record Office for 1924-1964 [Ref: 347 MAG 3]. They show basic details, including the names of putative fathers, in cases where the mother went to court to ensure the father paid maintenance for the child:-
http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=347+MAG&pos=21
Blue
I was born and brought up in Blaenllechau, on the other side of the mountain from Llanwonno, where both my paternal grandparents are buried. The last time I was there - around mid 1990's, the only gravestones were all around the church that could possibly be identified. The rest of the graveyard was totally overgrown and I couldn't find my grandparents' graves at all.
Llanwonno is, as most people know, well off the beaten track to say the least and when my grandfather was buried during the harsh winter of 1952, there was so much snow that for the last mile and a half, his coffin was taken up to the graveside on a sledge.
The other very little known bit of information I have on Llanwonno is that the singing for the film "ZULU" was done there by the Ferndale Imperial Choir whose President was the late Sir Stanley Baker.