Glyndwr Jones - Part 2

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Glyndwr Jones - Part 2

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Title
Glyndwr Jones - Part 2
Location
Tonypandy

Transcript

00:00:04 Bombing in the area; a near miss for the Cambrian Colliery; and the bombing of Glyncornel House and the Workmen’s Library in Ystrad

00:02:21 A couple of incidents that Glyn compares to something out of the TV show, ‘Dad’s Army’

00:04:35 Living with and driving in blackouts

00:06:16 The impact of rationing; extra cheese for the miners, which some people sold on

00:08:31 The first official paid holiday for Glyn; post-war rationing and restrictions continue for a few years after the war

00:10:21 Summer trips with his grandparents begin a lifetime of holidaying in Llanbedr, north of Barmouth, a place that had familial connections for Glyn

00:12:08 Glyn buys a new bicycle; rural areas feel little impact of wartime rationing

00:13:51 The brother of Lord Haw-Haws purchases a farm near Llanbedr to escape the public gaze

Interview details

Interviewee name
Glyndwr Jones
Interviewer
Gareth Gill
Interview/filmed date
16/08/2005

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