My name’s Aneurin Bevan, but my friends call me ‘Nye ... so you might think we were well paid… but no! We had to mind every penny. That’s why we had to help look after each other.

This was like an early, local version of the NHS. However, the new Minister for Health, Aneurin Bevan, who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Tredegar, had to work hard to overcome opposition to ...