Tony Rees

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Reference number	TCVOICES/64
Level of description	File
Date(s)	Creation: 1992
Extent and medium	4 digital audio recording; 1 digital document; 2 audio cassette tapes
Scope and content	┆Oral history interview with Tony Rees and Sheila Rees Name: Tony Rees Dates: Unknown Interviewer: Craig Fees Brief summary of interview: Tony Rees discusses the life of Frank Matthews who focused his career as helping disabled children and was a member the Birmingham Society for the Care of Invalid Children. The Society helped to found and fund Bodenham Manor School for troubled children with David Wills as the first Warden. Rees also talks about his mother, Hilda Rees, who worked for Frank Matthews, involvement with the Labour Party and connections with John Cross. Craig Fees and Tony Rees discuss some of Frank Matthews papers as they look through them before discussing David Wills and the end of Bodenham. Later in the recording they are joined by Sheila Rees, Tony's wife. Sheila worked at Bodenham as a cook for a term and recounts her time there along with conversations she had with David Wills about his previous experiences. Date of recording: 20th November 1992 Recording length:00:48:11, 00:47:15, 00:48:13 and 00:11:27 Transcript: Yes
History	Interview recorded by Craig Fees (Archivist) on behalf of the Planned Environment Therapy Trust.
Access status	OPEN
Conditions governing access	Access only permitted to redacted audio and transcript.
Conditions governing reproduction	Copyright of the Planned Environment Therapy Archives.
Language	ENG