Interview with David Yendoll by Professor Russell Deacon. Part 1

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Conversation between Professor Russell Deacon and David Yendoll. Part 1/3Topics discussed include: his father, the Registrar in Tredegar and his mother married her friend Archie Lush. Yondell was born in 1938. David talks about Ade’s Archies first wife and her illness. He talks about Archie’s health and his death in 1976. His role as Chairman of the Welsh Hospital Board. The politics of his family. Discussion about where Aneurin Bevan and his Humber Hawk car and related details. Some discussion about Neil Kinnock. Ebbw Vale as a miner’s seat. Legacy of Bevan and the starting of the NHS through the Tredegar Medical Aid Society. Discussion about the operation of the hospital. What Tredegar was like in the 1960s, the nature of shops then and the prosperity of Tredegar then and construction of the precinct. The competition between buses and the railway system. The railway around Tredegar is discussed – the MTAR Railway. The Red and White bus company and its origins are discussed. The one third of Tredegar that was ‘dry’ owned by Lady Llanover and the other owners of Tredegar such as the Morgan’s was mentioned (Charles Morgan), Duke of Beaufort - Dukestown. The origins of the name of Tredegar are discussed. Yondell discussed his family’s origins and how they came to Wales. He talks about his days at Pengam grammar school and Neil Kinnock and his background.