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The first pension was introduced by David Lloyd George in 1911. Mr Thomas Thomas, a blacksmith of Gwyddelwern, Merionethshire, was the first in Wales to be paid the old age pension. Mr Thomas is shown here alongside the five shilling piece he received.
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