Lois Blake
- She served as a nurse in World War I in Serbia, Romania and Russia; she also cooked and drove vehicles on the battlefield.
- 1930: Lois and her husband moved to Melysfan, Llangwm, near Corwen, Meirionethshire.
- The years that Lois spent in Llangwm were a significant period in the history of Welsh folk dancing.
- Lois was a member of the EFDSS (The English Folk Dance and Song Society), and on moving to Wales she intended to add Welsh folk dances to her repertoire.
- She began to teach the pupils at Llangwm primary school some simple dances.
- 1948: She taught Welsh folk dances to the Urdd officers at Pantyfedwen Hall (Borth).
- 1949: The Welsh Folk Dance Society was formed, with Lois as President, a position she held until her death.
- She also composed dances herself, including 'Pont Caerodor', 'Y Gelynnen' and 'Robin Ddiog'.
- 1960: At the National Eisteddfod in Cardiff, Lois was admitted into the Gorsedd of Bards.
- 1979: The Welsh Folk Dance Society presented the Eisteddfod with the Lois Blake trophy as the award for the main folk dance competition at the National Eisteddfod.
'It was in Llangwm that my mother really came to know and love the Welsh. Despite it being so remote, my mother took part and enjoyed all the activities of this small Welsh village.' – Felicity Blake, in Robin Gwyndaf, 'Lois Blake: Arloeswraig Dawnsio Gwernin yng Nghymru', Dawns (2014/15), p. 18 – https://dawnsio.cymru/dawns/