Oral History collection: Jack Bevan (born 1900, Rhossili, plumber) interviewed by J. Mansel Thomas about Gower life

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 216 T 3/5
  • Dates of Creation
      c. 1976
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      on cassette; also digital copy in MP3 format

Scope and Content

Track 1. [00:03:06] Gower: Buttress. Rhossili quarrymen and quarry. [00:04:10] Gower: Rhossili and Penrice quarrymen. Earning a living. [00:05:30] Gower: Keeping pigs. [00:07:55] Gower: Eating habits. Surviving on home reared animals and vegetables. [00:09:45] Gower: Collecting wool for weaving. [00:11:20] Gower: General hardship, day to day surviving. [00:12:10] Gower: Keeping warm at home. Fuel for fire. [00:13:20] Gower: Living on little money. [00:14:00] Gower: Cheap fuel for oven. [00:15:50] Gower: Childhood memories in Gower, Rhossili. [00:17:55] Gower: Buying coal in Gower. Journey to colliery on cart. [00:19:35] Gower: Carrying coal by cart. [00:00:01] Gower: Pleasure boat from Swansea to Tenby. Pick up at Port Eynon. Good and bad weather. [00:20:44] Gower: Llanmadoc pill, carrying coal by donkey. [00:21:26] Gower: Carrying coal by traction engine in Llanmadoc. [00:22:11] Gower: Wrecks. Stripping wrecks. Cargo. [00:25:55] Gower: Wreck on Rhossili during First World War. [00:27:50] Gower: Wreck on Rhossili during First World War. [00:30:00] Gower: Buying a wreck. Making money from selling its parts and content.

Track 2. [00:04:00] Farming: Killing weeds on the fields. [00:09:15] Estates: The breaking up / selling of the Gower estate. [00:12:00] Estates: Heirs of the Gower estate. [00:15:00] Estates: Selling and buying land from the Gower estate post Second World War. [00:00:01] Gower: Farming. [00:21:00] Gower: Land owners and tenants on the Gower estate. [00:29:00] Gower: Advantages of owning your own land in Gower.