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Hi Jayne,
I emailed a cousin who lives in Chirk and whose father is 91 and asked him to ask his dad for any info about the Holloways. I don't know if he asked his father but he emailed me to tell me that he remembers Ned Holloway well, and that his two sons were called Gilbert and Gerald, and the Glyn whom you thought was a son is actually married to Ann, Ned's daughter. And the amazing part - wait for it - Ann and Glyn live opposite my cousin and he knows them very well and also her two brothers, now sadly passed away. If you want to contact Ann Holloway I can ask my cousin for contact details which I can post to you privately. Small world isn't it.
Janet.

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Hi Jayne,

My dad John brown worked in Ifton Pit briefly. However his father William Brown came from Scotland in early 1913 as engineer in charge of the sinking of Gertrude Pit.
My dad's mother - Grandpa Brown died during the war - lived in Mill Bank or 'Council Houses' as it was more usually called. Living in a house directly backing onto this house was a friend of my family's called Ned Holloway. He often visited. He had a daughter called Ann who was around my age (69 at moment) and we played together. He was hardly your great grandfather as he was still working in the early 1940s. I remember a caterpillar invasion which was centered around the area where the Holloways lived and Ned organised the eradication process. I remember chaos with buckets being knocked over everywhere. Perhaps he was an uncle of yours. Do let me know. Regards. janet.