Oral History collection: Christopher Beynon (born 1937, Great Pitton Farm, Rhossili, farmer) interviewed by J. Mansel Thomas about Gower life

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 216 T 3/7
  • Dates of Creation
      c. 1976
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      on cassette; also digital copy in MP3 format

Scope and Content

Track 1. [00:03:00] Farming: Growing vegetables in Gower 1930's / Second World War. Arable work. [00:04:50] Farming: Generations of the Beynon family farming in Gower. [00:09:28] Farming: First years of being a young farmer without training. [00:10:50] Farming: Difficulties without farming experience and learning on the job. [00:14:15] Farming: Development, advice. Buying Pitton Green. [00:15:33] Farming: Viable crops for the time. Creating an efficient working farm. [00:17:38] Farming: Buying cattle. [00:18:50] Farming: Acquisition of farms. Scurlage. Expansion. [00:21:15] Farming: Making silage. [00:22:50] Farming: Pros / cons of farming by the sea. [00:26:00] Farming: Potato crops. [00:27:11] Farming: Farm labour / mechanical work. [00:31:35] Farming: Being in the community. Social life. NFU. [00:33:45] Farming: Employing students on the farm. [00:36:20] Farming: Future of Beynon family farming. Maybe buy more. Expansion. [00:40:00] Farming: Beynon daughters to carry on farming tradition?. [00:44:20] Farming: Experimenting, advice and technical knowledge from other farmers. [00:00:48] Farming: The Beynon family tradition of farming in Gower.

Track 2. [00:02:32] Farming: The use of pesticides. [00:03:50] Farming: Side effects of pesticides. [00:06:50] Farming: Trying to relax. Job satisfaction. [00:13:30] Farming: Cattle markets, pros and cons. [00:15:33] Farming: Farming social life, exchanging ideas / learning from other farmers. [00:17:35] Farming: Being a farmer's wife. [00:19:50] Farming: Exchanging information with other farmers for better crops. [00:22:55] Farming: Potato crops, improvements. [00:27:00] Farming: Development of crops. Going to chapel as a child in Gower. [00:29:55] Farming: Community, Murton Church. Religion in Gower. [00:35:10] Farming: Welshness in Gower. Nationalism. [00:37:30] Farming: Opinions on the Welsh language.