1897
Birth of Aneurin Bevan
Birth of Aneurin Bevan
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Birth of Aneurin Bevan
Birth of Aneurin Bevan in Tredegar, Monmouthshire.
Works as a miner and shapes Bevan's working-class background.
Raises Bevan in a large Tredegar mining family.
Leaves school at thirteen and enters mining work.
Begins work at Ty-Trist Colliery.
Enters the South Wales labour movement through mining employment.
Begins working underground at Ty-Trist Colliery.
Joins the South Wales Miners Federation as a young miner.
Develops political views in the South Wales coalfield.
Sees local mutual medical provision in Tredegar.
Builds experience of union conflict and pit politics.
Returns to South Wales after labour college training.
Works in miners' politics and local Labour organisation.
Becomes prominent in Tredegar Labour politics.
Loses his father after illness linked to mining work.
Draws on Tredegar medical aid experience in his health politics.
Uses Tredegar medical aid as evidence for health reform.
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