| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/178 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">South Wales Miners Federation Founder Members Study</title> |
| Interview of Bowen, W P |
| First South Wales Coalfield Project 1972-74 |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>Recorded memoirs of W P Bowen, Clydach Vale. Includes his early days working underground; recollections of an accident underground; strikes; the explosion at Cambrian Colliery in 1905; joining the army in World War I; attitude to alcohol; and his move from Pembrokshire to South Wales</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Bowen</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">W P & Jones</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Hauliers (Assistant)</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">South Wales Miners Federation & Cambrian Wheelers [Cycling Club] & Miners Federation of Great Britain</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Cambrian Navigation Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Blaenclydach</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ely Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Penygraig</emph><emph altrender="parish">Rhondda Fawr</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Gelli Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Gelligaer</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1898</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Timber 1897</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Explosion, Cambrian Colliery 1905</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">World War I 1914-18</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </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">contributions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strike pay </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial injuries </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">compensation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">riots </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">blacklegs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">explosions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disasters </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">cycling </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">holidays </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">army </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War I </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">police </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">rugby </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">unemployment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">migration </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list><list type="deflist"><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>Eight Hours Act 1908</item></defitem></list> |
| Date | 1897 = 1973 (c) |
| 1972 = 1974 |
| 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 : 1 |
| Language | English |