| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/109 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">NUM National Executive Council Members and other Coalfield Leaders Study</title> |
| Interview of Whelen, Joe |
| Second South Wales Coalfield Project 1979-82 |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>Recorded memoirs of Joe Whelen, Nottinghamshire. Includes his childhood and early working life; his interest and career within the National Union of Mineworkers; support for other areas during the 1972 and 1974 strikes; attempt to split the unity of the NUM; decline of the industry; attitude of Nottinghamshire miners to the National Power Loading Agreement; picket tactics and strike negotiations during the 1969 Surfacemen strike, concerning hours of work</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Whelen</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Joe & Martin</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet">?</emph></persname></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">National Union of Mineworkers & Labour Party & Commuyist Party & NUM National Executive Council & National Coal Board & Pit Strike Committees</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Limbey Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Mansfield</emph><emph altrender="parish">Nottinghamshire</emph><emph altrender="township">England</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1972</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Surfacemen 1969</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1974</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Gala, Durham Miners</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">children </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial injuries </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">housing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">persecution </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">ballots </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">incentive bonus scheme </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recession </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closures </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">redundancy </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">internal coalfield mobility </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">galas </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">communism </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">power loading </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">agreements </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disputes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pickets </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">police </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nationalisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">efficiency </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list><list type="deflist"><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>National Power Loading Agreement 1966</item></defitem></list> |
| Date | 1935 = 1980 (c) |
| 21.10.1980 |
| Related Material | <archref linktype="simple"><extref linktype="simple"><emph altrender="filename">WXYZ</emph><emph altrender="identity">loan copy : Miners Library</emph></extref></archref> |
| Physical Description | good |
| Extent | no of tapes : 2 |
| Language | English |