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Recordiad sain / Audio recording: Joseph Sheperd
Oral history recording with Joseph Sheperd. One of a collection of interviews conducted by David Jacobs in order to gather information about the lives and traditions of Jews in Dowlais and Merthyr Tydfil. Part 1 of 4 (AV 6010/1. AV 6010/2, AV 6011/1, AV 6011/2).
Summary covering AV 6010/1 and AV 6010/2: Father arrived after Franco-Prussian War. Changed his name from Paster. Half brother related to Zangwil. Left London for Swansea and thence to Ystalyfera. Father returned to Russian Poland to marry his mother. Came back to UK in 1878 with two sons on same train that Disraeli came back from Treaty of Berlin. Joseph born 1897. Description of family life. Schooling began 1909. Asked to leave school assembly on first day, because he was a Jew (**). Later his circle - socialist and pacifist. Joined nonconscription fellowship 1914. 1920 University of Wales. 1923 University College.