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| Ref No. | Description | Dates |
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| AUD/107 | Interview of Plummer, Margaret (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Margaret Plummer (nee Carlsen), Bridgend munitions worker. Includes discussion of the conveyor belt system; recollections of a specific explosion; processes in the factory; safety equipment; effect of the chemicals, with changes in hair and skin colour, and the swelling of skin on their faces; description of clothing; relationship with management; description of factory shops; working customs for single women; discipline within the factory; career on the railways; spending money during the war; relationships with the American soldiers during the war; and the bombing of Swansea. Covers period : 1930-1955 (c). Running time : 1hr 32mins 28secs. |
1983 |
| AUD/114 | Interview of Unknown woman. NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Interview of an unknown woman who researched into the effects of static electricity, during minor explosions at the ammunitions factory. Covers period : 1939-1945 (c). Running time : 4mins 5secs. |
1983 (c) |
| AUD/135 | Interview of Jones, Nan (Miss). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Miss Nan Jones. Includes her childhood recollections of magazines; making a wireless; encouragement to read; singing hymns as a family; careers of women. Covers period : 1930- 1950 (c). Running time : 11mins 3secs. |
3.6.1975 |
| AUD/398 | Interview of Mathias (Miss). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Miss Mathias, headmistress of Penrhos School. Includes her family background and childhood in Penrhos; her family owned a grocers shop; quilt making; organisation of the household; shopping habits; marriage and work; attending the teacher training college at Swansea; and her teaching experience in Breconshire. Covers period : 1920-1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 44mins 57secs. |
30.1.1975-3.3.1975 |
| AUD/399 | Interview of Landon (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Landon. Includes her childhood and family background; her teenage years in Brynamman; her experiences as a shop assistant, and as a domestic servant in London; and housework. Covers period : 1920-1979 (c). Running time : 30mins. |
13.3.1975 |
| AUD/454 | Interview of John (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs John, mainly concerning her family life, and childhood in Pontardawe. Also married life in Clydach in the thirties, and during World War II. Covers period : 1910-1950 (c). Running time : 1hr 23mins 20secs. |
9.1.1975 |
| AUD/455 | Interview of Cook, Dick. NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Dick Cook, discussing girls who worked in the local tinplate works; his childhood in Herefordshire, especially his mother; married life, and women in general from pre-1914 to 1975. Covers period : 1914-1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 27mins 15secs. |
22.1.1975 |
| AUD/456 | Interview of Morgan, Edna (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Edna Morgan concerning her childhood in Abercrave, and married life in Abercrave and Ystradgynlais before the war; family life, housework, the chapel, poverty and unemployment; and morality and attitudes generally towards women, and assumed by women themselves. Covers period : 1920-1950 (c). Running time : 1hr 17mins 15secs. |
7.4.1975 |
| AUD/457 | Interview of Jones, (Miss). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Miss Jones, concerning her childhood in Ystradgynlais, and going into service in Neath, Bangor, and Hereford; running a dairy produce shop in the village in the 1920's; and her work with the United Nations in Europe from 1945-48. Covers period : 1910-1950 (c). Running time : 1hr 13mins 10secs. |
18.3.1975 |
| AUD/458 | Interview of Jones, Edith (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Edith Jones concerning her childhood in Ystalyfera before and during World War I; her father's job as a rollerman in the tinplate works; her job as a shop assistant in a local tobacconist and confectioners before her marriage; and life generally in the 1920's and 1930's, and during the last War. Covers period : 1910- 1950 (c). Running time : 45mins 55secs. |
8.4.1975 |
| AUD/459 | Interview of Richards, (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Richards, concerning her reasonably comfortable and financially secure childhood, with her father as a mining official in the local Diamond Colliery; housework; entertainment; the General Strike; the chapel; illegitimate children and morality; clothes and make-up. Covers period : 1910-1975 (c). Running time : 50mins 10secs. |
15.4.1974 |
| AUD/460 | Interview of Roderick, (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Roderick, concerning her childhood, youth, and married life in the village before the war. Includes parents; family life; housework; the chapel; morality; outings; pregnancy, childbirth and illegitimacy; and her job as shop assistant until her marriage in 1926. Covers period : 1910-1950 (c). Running time : 1hr 21mins. |
30.5.1975 |
| AUD/461 | Interview of Alexander, (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Alexander, concerning self-sufficiency of families; her childhood in Cwmgiedd before and during World War I; and also about her married life between the Wars. Covers period : 1910-1950 (c). Running time : 38mins 20secs. |
29.4.1975 |
| AUD/462 | Interview of Thomas, (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Thomas concerning her experiences in Peglers' Grocers in the 1920's, and then in the Co-op where she remained until after the war. Includes conditions of work; the keeness of local competition; the dictatorial attitude of the manager; shopping habits; and also her childhood in Penrhos. Covers period : 1910-1950 (c). Running time : 27mins 5secs. |
1.5.1975 |
| AUD/463 | Interview of Morgan, (Miss). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Miss Morgan concerning her memories of being the oldest girl among sixteen children living in Brynamman around the turn of the century. Includes looking after the family home in Lower Cwmtwrch from about 1910 onwards; and the effect of strikes on her father's business. Covers period : 1890-1950 (c). Running time : 46mins 25secs. |
6.5.1975 |
| AUD/464 | Interview of Morgan, Hannah (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Hannah Morgan concerning life on her father's farm in Cwmtwrch as a young girl, and later when her family moved to Ystalyfera. Includes the employees on the farm; housework; school; being a student at Aberystwyth before World War I; and teaching in Cowbridge and Gowerton until her marriage in circa 1930. Covers period : 1900-1940 (c). Running time : 43mins 35secs. |
13.5.1975 |
| AUD/470 | Interview of Thomas (Miss). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Miss Thomas. Includes her childhood in Ystradgynlais; working as a domestic servant in South Wales and London; working in a munitions factory; life in Ystradgynlais between the wars; and women's employment. Covers period : 1915-1975 (c). Running time : 27mins. |
18.3.1975 |
| AUD/471 | Interview of Prosser (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Prosser. Includes her childhood in Ystradgynlais before World War I; her experiences as a student at Aberystwyth University; her career as a teacher in Abercrave and Ystradgynlais; work and marriage. Covers period : 1905-1975 (c). Running time : 45mins 34secs. |
18.3.1975 |
| AUD/472 | Interview of Morgan (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Morgan. Includes her childhood on a farm in Carmarthen; attending Aberystwyth University; married life in the 1920's and 1930's in Ystradgynlais; impact of Americans posted in South Wales during the War; and attitudes to gypsies in the area. Covers period : 1910-1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 17mins 27secs. |
14.3.1975 |
| AUD/473 | Interview of Taylor (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Taylor. Includes her childhood and youth in Ystradgynlais; working in London and the South East as a cleaner in hospitals and a prep school; work in Ynyscedwyn Tinplate works before her marriage, and in the Bridgend Munitions Factory during the war. Covers period : 1910-1975 (c). Running time : 56mins 12secs. |
21.3.1975 |
| AUD/474 | Interview of Phillips (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Phillips. Includes a discussion of married life in Ystradgynlais between the wars, particularly the poverty which her family encountered, and the housework undertaken. Her daughter-in-law also talks a little about her childhood before the war. Covers period : 1910-1975 (c). Running time : 38mins 48secs. |
21.4.1975 |
| AUD/475 | Interview of Owen, Agnes (Mrs). Interview of Jones, Mary (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Agnes Owen and Mrs Mary Jones. Includes recollections of working conditions in the mill (AO) and in the tin house (MJ); the relationship between workers and officials, and fun with young men working in the tinplate works; their lives before they got married; activities in the evenings; housework; overcoming the problem of poverty; and attitudes to unmarried mothers. Covers period : 1910-1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 18mins 22secs. |
17.4.1975 |
| AUD/476 | Interview of Griffiths (Miss). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Miss Griffiths. Includes a discussion of her father's work as the local undertaker; funerals in the village; housework; how she and her brothers entertained themselves; attending the local grammar school; lack of opportunity for girls; family loyalty and obligation; life in Cwmtwrch between the wars; treatment of unmarried mothers; and the role of women. Covers period : 1908-1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 41mins 55secs. |
5.5.1975 |
| AUD/477 | Interview of Jones (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Jones. Includes her family background and childhood in Ystradgynlais; working in various jobs in England; working in Varteg Brickworks and Bridgend Munitions Factory; her parents' lives; housework; being one of twenty one children, and how her mother managed with such a large family; morality and the hard times she had after her marriage; and women who worked in the colliery. Covers period : 1910-1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 21mins 37secs. |
27.5.1975 |
| AUD/478 | Interview of Lewis (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Lewis. Includes her family background and childhood; looking after her brothers and sisters when her mother was taken ill; domestic service in Manchester, Swansea and Middlesex; and she also explains how she was told the facts of life. Covers period : 1910 = 1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 9mins 18secs. |
30.5.1975 |
| AUD/479 | Interview of Morgan, Mary. NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mary Morgan. Includes her family background, and being treated differently from her brothers by her parents; entertainment during the evenings; her work as an uncertified teacher at Cynlais School and at Craig-y-Nos Hospital; and working as a doctor's secretary. Covers period : 1910-1975 (c). Running time : . |
29.5.1975 |
| AUD/480 | Interview of Jones, Nellie (Mrs). Interview of Williams, Kitty (Mrs). Interview of Owen, Agnes (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Nellie Jones, Mrs Kitty Williams and Mrs Agnes Owen. They discuss their work experiences in Gurnos Tinplate Works as plate openers, and later in the Royal Ordnance Factory in Bridgend during the War. They also talk generally about their childhoood in Ystradgynlais before the War, parental discipline, poverty, ignorance about sex, and recreation during the evenings. Covers period : 1920-1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 36mins 29secs. |
23.4.1975 |
| AUD/481 | Interview of Webb, Bessie (Mrs). Interview of Evans, Hannah Katie (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Bessie Webb and Mrs Hannah Evans (sisters). Includes their family background; how mother organised the housework; brothers working in the colliery; injury of their father in a colliery accident; work in Phoenix Tinplate Works during the 1930's; and being sufferers of silicosis. Covers period : 1920-1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 2mins 48secs. |
24.4.1975 |
| AUD/482 | Interview of Hopkins, Bessie (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Bessie Hopkins. Includes her childhood; working as a domestic servant in Uplands and Mumbles (Swansea); working in the Masons Arms public house during the 1920's; marriage, and the death of her only daughter; and her husband suffering from emphysema. Covers period : 1920-1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 1min 50secs. |
23.4.1975 |
| AUD/483 | Interview of Davies, Myra (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Myra Davies. Includes her childhood in Glantawe; parental discipline; courting various boys; clothes; working in Gurnos Tinplate Works as an opener, conditions at the Works, and the people who worked there. Covers period : 1930-1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 26mins 43secs. |
28.4.1975 |
| AUD/484 | Interview of Thomas (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Thomas. Includes her family background and childhood in Gurnos; attending Swansea Business College; morality and attitudes to women; running her own grocery shop during the 1930's; the impact of the evacuees coming to the area; routine of housework for the week; and attitudes towards unmarried mothers. Covers period : 1900-1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 3mins 20secs. |
10.6.1975 |
| AUD/485 | Interview of Williams (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Williams. Includes her family background and childhood; Cwmgiedd between the wars; her social life and household chores; and a description of the grocery business her parents ran, including giving credit during strikes. Covers period : 1920-1975 (c). Running time : 49mins 58secs. |
11.6.1975 |
| AUD/486 | Interview of Morgan, Elizabeth (Miss). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Miss Elizabeth Morgan. Includes her family background; the position of women between the Wars in the Abercraf area; her childhood as one of nine children with a widowed mother; funerals in the area; attending Swansea University, and teaching in Bermuda from 1930-39. Covers period : 1910-1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 17mins 58secs. |
11.6.1975 |
| AUD/487 | Interview of Jones (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Jones. Includes her family background and childhood in Onllwyn; working in the tinworks, and as a domestic servant in Penarth, Pontardualais and Ystradgynlais; married life during the 1920's and 1930's; impact of evacuees to the area; and the shame of unmarried pregnant women in society. Covers period : 1920-1975 (c). Running time : 27mins 55secs. |
27.6.1975 (c) |
| AUD/488 | Interview of Exon (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Exon. Includes her family background; life in Ystradgynlais between the Wars; working as cleaner and a nursemaid at the Gough Arms public house, and in the Royal Ordnance Factory during the War; and attitudes to unmarried mothers. Covers period : 1910-1975 (c). Running time : 41mins 26secs. |
29.6.1975 |
| AUD/489 | Interview of Terry, Gwen (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Gwen Terry. Includes her family background and childhood, including her adolescence and early married life; working in a munitions factory for about three years; housework routines; and attitudes to unmarried mothers. Covers period : 1910-1975 (c). Running time : 46mins 3secs. |
16.6.1975 |
| AUD/490 | Interview of Kelly (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Kelly, Ystradgynlais. Includes her family background and childhood; work experience in domestic service and in the tin works; injuries sustained in the tin works; impact of evacuees in the area; the bombings in Swansea during the War; funerals in the area; and interest in local elections. Covers period : 1910-1975 (c). Running time : 1hr 1mins 33secs. |
27.6.1975 |
| AUD/491 | Interview of Davies, Diana (Mrs). NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Diana Davies. Includes her family background and childhood; being an apprentice in a drapery shop in Ystalyfera; funerals in the area; social life; marriage, and attitudes to unmarried mothers. Covers period : 1910-1975 (c). Running time : 46mins 47secs. |
25.6.1975 |
| AUD/492 | Interview of Edwards, Edith. NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Edith Edwards. Includes her childhood and youth in Abercraf; being the youngest of nine children; looking after her mother when she was ill; parental discipline; attitudes to pregnancy; and the impact of evacuees in the area. Covers period : 1910-1975 (c). Running time : 46mins 34secs. |
26.6.1975 |
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