Lizzie Woods national organiser of the Labour Representation Committee and leader of the dispute to award cleaners working in royal palaces the London Living Wage
Woods spent her early years in Francisco Franco's Madrid, where her family participated in the struggle against the Franco regime, before moving to the Welsh mining village of her family in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen near Ammanford in Carmarthenshire.
Ysgol Bro Gwaun | Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen | Gwaun-cae-Gurwen | Gwaun |
The site is described by Natural Resources Wales as containing: "Six contiguous ancient semi-natural woodlands situated on the steep slopes of the south side of the Gwaun Valley sub-glacial meltwater channel. The rich epiphytic lichen flora is of national importance, featuring many old forest species. Several notable woodland plants and invertebrates occur. Dormice are also present."
He erected various oratories near the rivers Cleddau, Gwaun, and Caman and at the foot of Mynydd Carningli (translated as 'Mountain of the Angels'), which was his most famous foundation.