Aneurin Bevan - 'Father of the NHS'
Hi! This is the first post of a new series that I have wanted to start for a long time, I have called it 'Welsh Figure Wednesdays'. These posts will feature important Welsh figures who have contributed to Welsh society in many ways. In this blog post, we will be discussing Aneurin Bevan and his role in Welsh politics and the National Health Service. ( This image was found here ) Aneurin (pronounced as an-eye-rin) 'Nye' Bevan was born in Tredegar, in 1897, into a large mining family. Aneurin left school at the age of thirteen to work in the mine, later he became active in trade unionism and a well-known orator and social commentator. During the 1920s Bevan worked ti...