Interview with David Yendoll by Professor Russell Deacon. Part 2

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Conversation between Professor Russell Deacon and David Yendoll. Part 2/3Topics discussed include: Knighthood of Archie Lush at Bedwellty House/Park. Billy Bevan, Aneurin’s brother and Harold Wilson. Archie’s deafness. Tredegar Town Band and it’s success. Harold Wilson meets Archie Lush to confer knighthood. Part of the Investiture Knighthoods – Welsh honours list in 1969. Discussion of the list. Prior to his mother’s marriage to Lush. David discusses Jenny Lee MP, personal relationship with Nye and story of Ilse, anti Nazi Refugee and her marriage to Horace to avoid deportation. Discussion about Bangor Normal college. Discussion about Lloyd George’s Assistant Cabinet Secretary who had been to Pengam Grammar school, Tom Jones, and a talk about Morace Hankey. Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the Reform Club. Talk about Tom Jones and Lloyd Jones speaking in the Welsh – story about how Kitchener disliked this. Archie goes to Oxford University and a visit to Ruskin College. Archie’s meeting Baroness White (Irene White) at Oxford. Tom Jones and Davies sisters and the picture collection at the National Museum. Archie’s experience of going to Clivedon with the Clivedon set. Meeting with Lady Violet Markham and the naming of Tredegar Iron and Steel Companies collieries. Archie had gone there to speak about youth, list if names of others than attended these meetings. Meeting with Hitler and influence on youth policy. How the Clivedon set brought up policies in Parliament. Electoral pre war situation and the consistency of the voters in supporting one party from Trebor was discussed. Archie gets Micheal Foot selected. Archie discusses his own funeral and Michael Foot attended. Foot’s house and books were discussed.