Oral History collection: Will Jones (born 1891, Reynoldston, farrier, blacksmith and boxer) interviewed by J. Mansel Thomas about Gower life

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 216 T 3/19
  • Dates of Creation
      c. 1976
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      on cassette; also digital copy in MP3 format

Scope and Content

Track 1. [00:01:00] Gower: Farrier, shoeing horses. Keeping horses. [00:02:20] Gower: Keeping horses. [00:03:00] Gower: Will Thomas the haulier. [00:04:48] Gower: Brewery in Reynoldston. [00:05:15] Gower: Starting a career as a farrier. Being qualified with the RSS. [00:07:20] Gower: Farrier jobs. Physical description of shoeing. [00:11:55] Gower: Pulling horse teeth out. [00:13:00] Gower: Farriers jobs. [00:14:00] Gower: Joining the army as a blacksmith in Woolwich. Description of making horse shoes. [00:16:00] Gower: Taking a farriers place in the army after the original was killed. [00:18:00] Gower: Memories of The Great War. [00:23:00] Gower: Showing a photo of his horse and describing how he bought it. [00:24:50] Gower: The Burroughs covered in mushrooms. Milking cows. [00:26:50] Gower: Mr Cobblin the Wesleyan preacher & delivering paraffin oil around the villages. [00:29:10] Gower: Gower / Port Eynon characters, names. [00:31:30] Gower / Sport: Boxing at 17th September fair / Gower show. [00:33:10] Gower / Sport: Amateur boxing, past times.

Track 2. [00:02:50] Gower / Sport: Boxing anecdotes. [00:03:30] Gower / Sport: Boxing in the army. [00:05:30] Gower / Sport: Frazier the boxer. Names of local boxers. [00:07:29] Gower / Sport: Billy Morgan champion boxer of Wales. Getting into a fight. Casual fighting. [00:09:00] Gower: Description of various boxing matches / meetings. Mr Massey the Evangelist. [00:10:40] Gower: Boxing, fighting characters. [00:00:10] Gower / Sport: Pitton farmers, boxing, anecdotes. [00:12:30] Gower: Being kicked by a horse, injuries. [00:14:50] Gower: Keeping horses, anecdotes. [00:16:05 Gower / Entertainment: Dancing, dances. [00:18:10] Gower: Mentioning of various families and names in mid 20th century Gower.