Sound Recordings, Glamorgan and Monmouthshire
Description
Mrs. Forward, recorded in Cwmavon; talks about her son; the dole and Depression in the late 1920s/early 1930s; family; life in the valley; working at a furnace shovelling coal during World War One; husband's Army service in Mesopotamia; the village name; husband's father and family; American connections through family emigrating; son's tattoos; life and health; local transport; houses in the village. [Tr. 7] [Part of this recording is duplicated on tape LAVC/SRE/A831r.] Mr. Padfield, recorded in Crosskeys [undated]; describes the work undertaken on his garden (filling in to level, building steps and garage/workshop); also wiring the house for electricity. [Tr. 8] [This is the conclusion of an interview which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A833r.]
Metadata
| Identifier | fnvkmlq4 |
| IRN | 414877 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A826r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/fnvkmlq4 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley, Parry, David |
| Date | 1965 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 10cm open reel spool, Duration: 20' 19". |