by Keith Lewis-Jones
Laura Ashley
Plaque sited at 31 Station Terrace, Dowlais
Laura Ashley, the fashion designer, was born, Laura Mountney, at 31 Station Terrace, Dowlais in 1925.
The Laura Ashley Company was started by Laura and her husband Bernard in a London flat in 1953. It started with tea towels and scarves in their own distinctive style. When the company was floated in November 1985, two months after Laura Ashley’s sudden death, it had become an international group with 219 shops worldwide.
