Records relating to the Birchgrove and Heol Las Comforts Fund during the Second World War

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Records relating to the Birchgrove and Heol Las Comforts Fund during the Second World War

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During the Second World War the villages of Birchgrove and Heol Las united to raise funds for the men and women who served in the armed forces. A committee was formed with Tom Hickman as secretary and Emrys Ley as treasurer. Concerts and operettas were performed in Nazareth Vestry, Drumau Road.

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Records relating to the Birchgrove and Heol Las Comforts Fund during the Second World WarD/D Z 851

Birchgrove and Heol Las Comforts Fund payments register: includes names and addresses of residents of the community serving in the armed forces during the War, along with their registration numbers. 1939-1945D/D Z 851/1

Original and typed transcript of a letter from George Pengree to a Mr Matthewman of Sheffield relating to his interests with reference to the copper trade. Pengrees business interests seem to have been in the Swansea area. 7 May 1789D/D Z 852/1-2

Statement of accounts (typed and manuscript) for the Birchgrove and Heol Las Comforts Fund. Dec. 1944D/D Z 851/2-3

List of members of the Birchgrove and Heol Las Comforts Fund who have not received £1 welcome home. n.d., 1945D/D Z 851/4

Letter addressed to Mr Young from Mrs Grace Jones thanking him for the activities of the Birchgrove and Heol Las Comforts Fund. 1947D/D Z 851/5

Birchgrove and Heol Las Fire Fighting Organisation: book containing accounts for contributions for the purchase of stirrup pumps. n.d., 1940sD/D Z 851/6

Photograph of the cast of The Bohemian Girl by the Genial Songsters, a production put on by Birchgrove and Heol Las Comforts Fund. 1944D/D Z 851/7

Photograph of Gwyneth Hopkins of Smith Road, Birchgrove, in costume (cast member of The Bohemian Girl). n.d., 1940sD/D Z 851/8

Photograph of Mona Rees of Bush House, Birchgrove, in costume (cast member of The Bohemian Girl). n.d., 1940sD/D Z 851/9

Photograph of Ceinwen Hickman of Smith Road, Birchgrove, in costume (cast member of The Bohemian Girl). n.d., 1940sD/D Z 851/10

Photograph of Edith Hopkins, Lizzie Jones, Cein Hickman and Mrs Mary Husband in costume (cast members of The Bohemian Girl). n.d., 1940sD/D Z 851/11

Photographs of front and back of a pack of gum sent by V. Backstrom, Ohio, with the message Hope you win the war. n.d., 1940sD/D Z 851/12-13