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During the Second World War, Cardiff was a target for bombing, with the worst night of the Cardiff Blitz on 2 January 1941. There was widespread destruction of buildings, including the iconic Llandaff Cathedral as well as many homes, and 165 people lost their lives.

This inkstand was made from one of the pews destroyed when Llandaff Cathedral was hit on the 2^nd January 1941.

Wally Davies tells us:

“My father Charles Davies…found the piece of oak which was certainly from the Cathedral and laying in the square above in the Village after the raid.  He said it was part of a pew.  My father was a choir boy in Llandaff school so had personal knowledge of the seats in the Cathedral.  I believe a friend of my father’s who was a woodwork master made the stand.”