Boverton Girls' Camp and Hafod Rest Home, Llantwit Major,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 B.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004267844
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000267844
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1932-1949.
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English English.
  • Physical Description
    • 1 folder, 6 vols.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

The group consists of reports and log books, 1932-1949, relating to the camp site and equipment, attendance, fees, activities, medical problems and visitors.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Boverton Girls' Camp and Hafod Rest Home were founded in grounds near Llantwit Major, Glamorgan, in 1932 and 1934 respectively. Boverton was a recreation camp which accommodated between 500 and 600 girls from mining areas each week during the summer months, whilst Hafod catered for about a dozen women related to employees of the Ocean Coal Company. The camp was used for evacuated children at the start of the second world war, but incendiary bombs fell in the grounds in 1940 and it was requisitioned by the military thereafter until the end of the War. It re-opened in 1945, but falling demand led to its closure in 1949.

Arrangement

Arranged into six files.

Note

The Boverton Girls' Camp and Hafod Rest Home were founded in grounds near Llantwit Major, Glamorgan, in 1932 and 1934 respectively. Boverton was a recreation camp which accommodated between 500 and 600 girls from mining areas each week during the summer months, whilst Hafod catered for about a dozen women related to employees of the Ocean Coal Company. The camp was used for evacuated children at the start of the second world war, but incendiary bombs fell in the grounds in 1940 and it was requisitioned by the military thereafter until the end of the War. It re-opened in 1945, but falling demand led to its closure in 1949.

Preferred citation: B.

Related Material

Photograph albums from the Boverton Girls' Camp, 1932-1936, and Hafod Rest Home, 1939, are in NLW Photographic Collections (acquisition numbers 0200210817, 0200210818).

Additional Information

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