BBC- "The Children of Craig-y-nos"

Barbara as a young woman in Craig-y-nos in 1948. She was one of the first to take part in the trials for streptomycin.


Barbara Pye ( left) with her daughter-in-law


Dr Carole Reeves, medical historian with The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, UCL, co-author of "The Children of Craig-y-nos" arriving for book launch.


Valerie Brent, former nurse ( left) with Beryl Richards ( nee Rowlands) arriving at Craig-y-nos Castle.


The BBC are filming at Craig-y-nos this week as part of their new series on the Changing Face of Britain.

They will be focusing on Barbara Pye who was one of the first to take part in the trials for the life-saving drug streptomycin in 1948, Valerie Brent who worked as a nurse there for two years in the 1940s and Carole Reeves, medical historian with the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, UCL ( and my co-author of "The Children of Craig-y-nos") who will be providing the historical context.

The programme will be shown next Spring.

"The Children of Craig-y-nos" by Ann Shaw and Carole Reeves, published in paperback by The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine , UCL, price £9.99p. It can be ordered from all good bookshops or online from Amazon.com