SUMMARY
00:00:08 Introduction
00:01:10 Attending Coedpenmaen Primary School in Pontypridd as a Welsh speaker
00:04:10 Background of the Thomas family (Trallwn and Upper Boat)
00:05:29 Leaving school and starting work at Treforest Industrial Estate
00:07:10 Work in the garage and memories of cars
00:11:07 Remembering farm work (Ty Gwyn Farm, Pontypridd), incl. use of horse and cart; a ‘peeling round’ each Saturday (collecting waste for pig swill); farms working together
00:15:40 The garages of the Pontypridd area in the 1950s
00:17:54 Driving in South Wales and acquiring a motorbike
00:20:50 Attending St Mary’s Church in Glyntaff; member of the church choir as a child
00:23:22 Basic household amenities (carrying drinking water from a well); the coming of gas
00:25:10 The corn stores; early memories of Pontypridd (the canal, Fairfield and the travelling fair); appreciating the improvements of modern living
00:26:52 Fairfield (opposite the YMCA, Pontypridd) where Danter’s Fun Fair was held; description of Pontypridd shops near the Old Bridge; cattle market held on Wednesdays
00:29:26 Description of Gas Lane, Pontypridd (incl. the cold stores); buying eggs and carefully transporting them in bags on a bicycle
00:34:13 Killing, hanging, salting and storing pigs; playing football with a pig’s bladder
00:37:03 Making cheese from leftover milk in a bath
00:38:17 Old tools, incl. scythes, and techniques, incl. the use of horses; the changing face of farm jobs, incl. thatching
00:42:45 End