Oral History collection: Miss Lily Button (born 1902, Pitton, schoolmistress) interviewed by J. Mansel Thomas about Gower life

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 216 T 3/11
  • Dates of Creation
      c. 1976
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      on cassette; also digital copy in MP3 format

Scope and Content

Track 1. [00:02:35] Work / School / Education: Teaching in a village school in Gower. [00:04:40] Work / School / Education: Description of village school c. 1920. Teachers, pupils. classroom. [00:08:05] Work / School / Education: Being a teacher in village school, concerns, aims, community, families, children. [00:12:00] Work / School / Education: Teaching methods in a village school c. 1920. [00:14:30] School / Education: Exams, pupils abilities, success. [00:16:30] Work / School: Grammar school. Teaching mix aged pupils. [00:18:00] Work / School: Teaching methods in a village school c. 1920. [00:21:50] Work / School: Teachers' relationship with parents. [00:23:30] Work / School: Teaching natural history. Education. [00:25:45] Work / School: Children leaving school at an early age to work on local farms. [00:26:45] Gower: Living conditions in a Gower village c. 1920. [00:29:00] Work / School: Attendance officer in the school. [00:29:30] School: School dinner time. [00:30:30] School: Discipline in the school. Punishments. [00:00:05] Family: Reminiscing, looking at school photographs.

Track 2. [00:02:50] School: School language. Pupils travelling to school by foot. [00:04:45] Gower: Jenkins the Ironmongers. [00:05:33] School: Beynon family walking to Port Eynon school from Pitton. [00:06:00] School / Education: Education methods. [00:07:00] School / Education: Educational differences / advantages to sending children to a village school. Classroom numbers. [00:11:00] School / Education: Ex-pupils. [00:17:20] School / Education: Teaching / going to Grammar school. [00:19:50] School / Second World War: Effect that Second World War had on teachers, pupils and education. [00:23:50] Work / School: Teaching and working in the same village for many years. [00:24:50] Work / School: School closing. Emotions. [00:28:00] Work / School: General teaching problems. Day to day issues in the classroom. [00:30:00] Work / School / Education: Teaching resources. Economising. [00:00:05] School: School playtime / games. Cricket / rounders / cat and dog / hopscotch. Watts' pool.