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EDITORIAL In the year in which David Evans closed its doors it is fitting that we turn our attention to Swansea's rapidly vanishing commercial history. The story of the Linnards' clockmaking business represents a large number of clock and watchmaking firms in 19th century Swansea, and contrasts interestingly with the business of John Jenkins (Minerva vol. 5, 1997). Morgan Jenkins & Son was not a retail store, and therefore not visited by the general public; but the goods it supplied were bought and used by almost everyone in Swansea and south west Wales. Its closure and demolition left a gap in Princess Way which still has not been filled, but fortunately its papers and a large collection of memorabilia have been preserved and used to tell its story. I have to declare an interest here, because Morgan Jenkins was also my great grandfather, and the family history in this article is my history too. It is good to know that papers remaining in David Evans at its closure have been deposited with the West Glam- organ Archive Service. Perhaps these can also be researched in the future. While many are familiar with using records as a researcher, it is interesting to be shown them from an archivist's viewpoint and to learn how a disparate collection of papers are ordered into a coherent whole. The RISW is very grateful to the Archive Service for obtaining the grant aid to conserve and re-catalogue the documents collected by past members of the Institution, and for their expertise in implementing this work. In a year of notable anniversaries, we celebrate Nelson with an article about the ceramic souvenirs which he inspired, and the ending of World War II with remi- niscences of the museum in wartime, when the dear old building came within a hairsbreadth (or should I say a pound) of annihilation. One aspect of the RISW's role as Friends of Swansea Museum is helping the museum to research its collections, and no one does this more assiduously, at the present time, than the author of the article on James Motley. The article entitled 'The Death of Sarah Dillwyn' tells the story behind this well-loved painting and introduces a little girl who did not live long enough to make her mark in any other way. These and the sword are more of what I hope is a continuing series of articles about the collections, which not only help the museum staff to discover the identity and provenance of items, but facilitate public access to the collections. Museums are under great pressure these days to put more of their collections on display. While in theory this is highly desirable, in practice it requires large amounts of money for preparing the objects, designing interpretive displays, and constructing galleries and cases with appropriate lighting and environmental conditions. Not easy when finances are severely limited. The museum needs all the Friends it can get! Jennifer Sabine