{"id":104611,"date":"2025-08-31T08:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T08:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/104611\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T08:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T08:21:09","slug":"aneurin-bevan-and-nhs-honoured-with-new-tredegar-mural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/104611\/","title":{"rendered":"Aneurin Bevan and NHS honoured with new Tredegar mural"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  A huge mural of Aneurin Bevan has popped up in Tredegar town centre.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The mural features Nye himself and the iconic Tredegar clock tower in the background.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Its significance to the NHS is highlighted by the phrase \u2018Tredegar \u2013 Birthplace of the NHS.\u2019\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Aneurin Bevan and NHS honoured with new Tredegar mural \" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Aneurin Bevan and NHS honoured with new Tredegar mural (Image: Paul Shepherd) The mural was created by Newbridge artist Paul Shepherd 52, better known as \u2018Walls by Paul.\u2019\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Speaking about his latest piece Paul told the Argus: \u201cI get asked to paint notable people occasionally, but none so far have got such a fantastic response as Nye Bevan.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cPeople are extremely proud of our NHS, so it was an honour in itself to be the chosen artist on this project. The painting process took a week.\u201d<img   alt=\"The father of the NHS Aneurin Bevan giving a speech \" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The father of the NHS Aneurin Bevan giving a speech (Image: NQ) Born in Tredegar, South Wales, to a working-class family, Bevan became a passionate trade unionist and was elected MP for Ebbw Vale in 1929.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He later served as Minister of Health in 1948 where he spearheaded the creation of the NHS, providing free healthcare at the point of use for all in the UK.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwalesargus.co.uk\/news\/16334612.nhs-70-we-will-tredegar-ise-rest-you\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHS was said to be inspired by the Tredegar Medical Aid Society<\/a>, and similar groups. The scheme worked by people paying in a small amount of their wages, in return for medical help if they needed it.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  When Bevan was responsible for creating the NHS as minister for health, he was quoted as saying: &#8220;\u201cAll I am doing is extending to the entire population of Britain the benefits we had in Tredegar for a generation or more. We are going to \u2018Tredegar-ise\u2019 you.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The mural commissioned by Blaenau Gwent County Council has received positive local response.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Newbridge artist Paul Shepherd \" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Newbridge artist Paul Shepherd (Image: Paul Shepherd) Kay Short said: \u201cFantastic work of art, bringing history to life.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Lyndsey Marie Rees said: \u201cLove it, the black and white leading you into the colourful town clock, giving both Nye and the town clock a leading role. Brilliant.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Jamie Spruce said: \u201cBeautiful monument.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A huge mural of Aneurin Bevan has popped up in Tredegar town centre. The mural features Nye himself&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-104611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}