Ffynh 6D

At one place I was only there one night... it was alive with bugs ...when I went to bed I lit the candle and oh my goodness I picked up the pillow like that and with out a word of a lie they were there scattering... I had never seen them before. I couldnt sleep on the bed so I spent the night on the boards...When it came to daylight I went downstairs... and I told her. Oh she said, you must have brought them with you... I left that place and went to my brothers... I was all lumps, oh I was in a terrible state. I couldnt even look for another job until all these had cleared... but then I went from the frying pan into there... I was starved to death there. She (her employer) locked everything up and gave me 3 lumps of sugar for one day and I had a small pat of margarine... and for my dinnereveryday I had half a bag of potato crisps for 3 weeks... and yet I was cooking for them but being what-do-you-call being slow, I suppose in those days I wouldnt think of taking anything. Thats one thing that was always drummed into us... dont you ever take anything that doesnt belong to you... She said her daughter was dieting... and she wouldnt diet if I ate...

(Oral interview, Mrs E.D., Rhondda, 1983 [Tip: daliwch Ctrl a chliciwch dolen i'w agor mewn tab newydd. (Cuddio tip)] )