| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/219 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Abercraf Community Study</title> |
| Interview of Davies, Del |
| 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 Del Davies, Abercraf. Includes his experiences as a rugby player for Abercraf and Aberavon in the 1940-50's; the history of the Lodge Mutual Aid Fund known as 'Y Fund Fach'; his work as a Lodge Committee member and Lodge Chairman; the social consequences of the closure of Abercrave Colliery in 1967; and a discussion concerning the disaffiliation of Abercraf Lodge from the South Wales Miners Federation during World War II</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Davies</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Del & Cummings</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet">Joe Brickman</emph></persname><occupation>Lodge Chairman </occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Abercraf Lodge & Abercraf Old Harlequins Rugby Club & Abercraf Boys Rugby Club & Aberavon Rugby Club & National Union of Mineworkers & National Coal Board & South Wales Miners Federation & Abercraf Lodge Mutual Aid Fund</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Abercraf</emph><emph altrender="county">Powys</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Abercrave Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Abercraf</emph><emph altrender="parish">Ystradgynlais</emph><emph altrender="township">Powys</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Abercraf Welfare Hall</emph><emph altrender="county">Abercraf</emph><emph altrender="parish">Ystradgynlais</emph><emph altrender="township">Powys</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Abernant Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Pontardawe</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">rugby </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sport </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">contributions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closures </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">training </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">unemployment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">welfare </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">price lists </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disputes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">shift working </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pneumoconiosis </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </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">nationalisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War II </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">blacklegs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1930 = 1973 (c) |
| 9.5.1974 |
| 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 : 2 |
| Language | English |