Oral History collection: Jack Bevan (born 1900, Rhossili, plumber) interviewed by J. Mansel Thomas about Gower life

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 216 T 3/4
  • Dates of Creation
      c. 1976
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      on cassette; also digital copy in MP3 format

Scope and Content

Track 1. [00:01:50] Family: Migration of Gower families to Canada, South Africa, Australia for work. Building a Methodist Chapel in Ontario. [00:07:50] Gower: Dying out of Gower villages. [00:08:25] Gower: Young people of Gower moving away c. 1930's for work. [00:09:40] Gower: Examples of work for young people in Gower early 20th century. [00:11:45] Gower: Movement of people to Gower post First World War. Building property. Commuting. [00:14:25] Gower: Building / selling. Summer houses. [00:16:40] Gower: Tourists. [00:17:07] Gower: Whole villages letting their rooms to tourists in Rhossili area. [00:00:01] Industry: Increase/decrease of Gower population due to Limestone. Ended c. late 1880's. [00:21:00] Gower: Bed & Breakfast in Rhossili area. [00:21:59] Gower: Terrible state of farming between First World War & Second World War. [00:22:50] Gower: Prosperity in farming in the 1930's. [00:24:10] Gower: Early caravan sites in Rhossili. [00:24:47] Gower: Shop keeping and expansion of business in Rhossili. [00:29:40] Gower: Shopping patterns of tourists in Rhossili. Local shop prices vs supermarket prices.

Track 2. [00:01:30] Gower: Jeffords Bakery. [00:02:10] Gower: Bread delivery. [00:02:31] Gower: Use of the Guano. [00:06:00] Gower: Collecting manure at Pitton Cross. [00:07:00] Gower: Farming problems without money. [00:09:53] Gower: Buying cattle. [00:11:10] Gower: Marriage in Gower, inter family breeding. [00:13:15] Gower: Bridgend Asylum. 'Big House'. [00:14:10] Gower: Workhouse. Pensions. [00:16:18] Gower: Talbot Family not taking rent money from older poor people. [00:17:10] Gower: Old age in Gower. [00:18:50] Gower: The Chalk family. Gower Midwife. [00:00:01] Gower: How a farmhouse bread oven was built. [00:20:08] Gower: Doctor in Gower. Cures. Penicilin. [00:23:50] Gower: District nurse in Gower. Mrs Chalk. [00:24:57] Gower: Worms Head mutton. [00:27:15] Gower: Penrice Castle. Sheep shearing. [00:28:40] Gower: Keeping sheep at Penrice, Worms Head.