| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/190 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Maerdy Community Study</title> |
| Interview of Williams, John |
| 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 John Williams, Hereford. Includes working practices when first entered mining industry; description of Maerdy Hall's reading room and coffee tavern; opening of the first fish and chip shop in Maerdy; opening hours of public houses; lodgers; Italians living in Maerdy; religion; trial of Horner; attitude to North Walians; attitude to sexuality; womens work; food eaten while working underground; clothing worn underground; tools used; ransacking of Alf Evans' shop during the 1926 General Strike; and thefts of sheep and coal</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Williams</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">John & Morgan</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Boys, Collier & Colliers</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Maerdy Working Mens Conservative Club & South Wales Miners Federation & Mardy Lodge & Labour Party & Communist Party</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Maerdy</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Maerdy Collieries</emph><emph altrender="county">Maerdy</emph><emph altrender="parish">Rhondda Fach</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Day, May </emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Fair, Pontypridd</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Fair, Treorchy</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">event</emph><emph altrender="y">World War II 1939-45</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, General 1926</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">institutes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">transport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">railways </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">housing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">football </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">marches </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closures </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">cinemas </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">dancing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">women </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">holidays </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War I </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">depression </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">clothing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">dust </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">blacklegs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">persecution </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">police </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">jazz bands </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">billiards </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">cock fighting </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">migration </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">legal proceedings </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">work tools </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">crime </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1900 = 1973 (c) |
| 17.5.1973 |
| 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 |