I remember Kelt Edwards, the well known Artist who lived in Cei Newydd, coming there one evening and he challenged the men that were there that he could boil water in a paper kettle and he made a kettle with paper, filled it with water and put a candle under it, and I can support it myself that the water boiled, as I was there.
He also scratched a Red Dragon on the wall with a pocket knife; it was a shame to cover it up as it was nearly up to the ceiling.
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Kelt, as we called him, used to paint the name of the houses above the doors and he was so clever that he would always paint little birds in his work. He was a sick man but had travelled Europe and when he came back to London he opened a Studio there, but one day, when he was feeling very downhearted, Ramsey Macdonald, who at that time worked as a journalist, came in and helped Kelt to sell his paintings.
When he was in Cei Newydd he had a letter from Leeds asking him to do a job in front of a big shop. He answered by saying "No more work this side of the Jordan".