Oral History collection: Tommy Adams (Pontardawe, worked in the Gilbertson Works, Pontardawe) interviewed by .

Track 1. [00:00:10] Personal Details: Tommy Adams, aged 73 (in 1987), b Pontardawe, father died age 7. [00:01:29] Welfare: Mother "on the parish", 7/6d pw. [00:01:41] Diet: 6d of bones to last family a week. [00:01:58] Fuel: Children scavenged coke off tips for home. [00:04:59] Education: Left school aged 14. [00:05:08] Industry: Age 14 "oil boy" in steelworks, touring works with oil etc, and general duties. [00:06:39] Industry: Carpentry - "rabbling" processes for furnace. [00:07:20] Wages: Age 14, 14/0d pw. [00:07:39] Industry: Shift hours 6-2, 2-10, 10-6, £1/0/6d pw. [00:08:30] Industry: Maintenance gang. [00:10:00] Industry: Gilbertsons - girl fell in pickling vat of acid. [00:13:23] Music: Music in the 1920s; Tommy played guitar. [00:17:50] Recreation: Dances, cinemas (2 in Pontardawe). [00:25:59] Industry: Tin bar processes, billet mill. [00:29:40] Industry: Gilbertson's about 600 workers in 1930s. [00:30:09] War: Tommy not fit for war service. [00:30:55] Industry: Trade/craft training. [00:33:52] Industry: Engine maintenance. [00:35:16] Industry: Gilbertsons had 5 locomotives. [00:38:55] Industry: Gilbertsons closed, replaced by Economic Works.