Oral History collection: Evan Evans (born 26 Jan. 1898, 3 Brick Row, Penclawdd, teacher) interviewed by J. Mansel Thomas about Gower life

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 216 T 3/15
  • 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] Penclawdd: Death of Kitty. [00:04:50] Penclawdd: House, Home memories, London House, Glanmor Terrace. [00:06:00] Penclawdd: Shop / Café, Stafford House. Manchester House, Liverpool House, London House, Bristol House, Westmintser House. [00:06:58] Penclawdd: Ship building in Penclawdd, The Feathers ship last to be built in Penclawdd, Sailing to Bridgwater to bring back earthenware. [00:08:05] Penclawdd: School memories, Dai photo, Stanley Tucker, class photo. [00:11:15] Penclawdd / Education / Religion: Train to Swansea, buying groceries on High Street and Mumbles. [00:11:50] Penclawdd: Eisteddfod, Tabernacl Chapel, Bethel Chapel, concerts. [00:14:45] Penclawdd: World War one, First World War, coming home / welcome home concerts. [00:15:20] Penclawdd: Concert party, train journey, visiting / playing to First World War soldiers in convalescence. [00:16:37] Penclawdd: Goining the Navy. [00:19:40] Penclawdd / Education: Teaching in the village, names of pupils. [00:21:34] Penclawdd / Religion: Bethel, preaching, preachers. [00:25:21] Penclawdd: Teaching in Kingsbridge, photography in 1907. [00:26:00] Penclawdd: Photography in 1907, cameras. [00:30:29] Penclawdd / Education: Teaching at Kingsbrisge school, Llanmorlais school, Llanrhidian school. [00:31:30] Penclawdd: Local English dialect / language. [00:33:10] Penclawdd / Education: Llanrhidian school, pupils. [00:34:00] Penclawdd: Funny stories, anecdotes about local characters. [00:37:00] Penclawdd: Penclawdd characters, Dai Cabbage, anecdotes. [00:44:30] Penclawdd: Creating your own fun / entertainment. [00:45:15] Penclawdd / Education: Teaching at Parkmill school for 33 years, pupils catching trout from the mill stream that led through the school yard. [00:00:05] Penclawdd: Recorded in 1970. Evan Evans born in 1898. reminiscing about growing up in Penclawdd, Kitty. Brick Row.

Track 2. [00:01:40] Penclawdd / Education: Teaching. Anecdotes. [00:03:35] Gower / Education: A pupils' absence story. [00:08:45] Penclawdd: A pupils' obedience story. [00:10:24] Penclawdd: A pupils' absence story. [00:11:55] Penclawdd: List of ex-pupils who did well. [00:14:28] Gower: Local characters, anecdotes.