David Thomas

Two pupils and guests beside the blue plaque for David 'Papa' Thomas in a school hall, with his portrait on a screen
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ALLTWEN: Blue plaque for the Swansea Valley ironmaster America called ‘Papa’

He went to school in Alltwen, made his name at the Ynyscedwyn Ironworks, then took his iron-making breakthrough to Pennsylvania.…

By
Kit Peters