The young girls attended Craig Cefn Parc Primary School

But the events of a few hours in her semi-detached home in Kelvin Road in the early hours of Sunday, 27 June 1999, was to prove that her life was anything but unremarkable.

The man standing trial - 39-year-old scrap dealer David Morris - is accused of the brutal murders after he advances toward Mandy Power were spurned.

On Monday, Swansea Crown Court heard that she led a complicated sex life. She was bisexual and had been having an affair with Alison Lewis, a married woman.

The close Swansea Valley community is still trying to come to terms with the killings and the fact that their home is now synonymous with the loss of three generations of the same family - the Clydach murders.

Kate and Emily had both been pupils at Craig Cefn Parc Primary School in Clydach, where prayers were said in memory of the girls on the first anniversary of their death.

Their mother was estranged from their father Michael Power, a baker in Pontardawe near Swansea.

Mandy Power herself left two sisters and a brother - all of whom are attending the court trial in Swansea.

Around 1,000 mourners attended the funerals

One of her sisters Sandra Jones was involved in police appeals to help find the person responsible for the crime.

"Not a day goes by when we have not thought of them and how much we loved and cherished them," she said, in one appeal six months after the deaths.

The strength of the grief felt within the community was shown by more than 1,000 mourners who attended the family's funeral service at St Mary's Church in Clydach.

Hundreds lined the streets and local businesses closed as a mark of respect.

The Dawson Memorial Fund was set up by two local fundraisers in memory of the family and raised almost �16,000.

The money which was used to cover the costs of the funerals and four headstones for their graves.

A surplus �500 was given to the head teacher of the primary school attended by the Power sisters.

A separate fund which raised �5,500 was destined to be used for scholarships for pupils from Clydach.