| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/223 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Abercraf Community Study</title> |
| Interview of Vale, James |
| 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 Jim Vale, Abercraf. Includes his childhood; the arrest of his father during the Tonypandy riots; his experiences while in the army; the Spanish community in Abercraf; his opinions concerning the use of the curling box; incidents of his persecution while working in the mines; impact of the Spanish Civil War on Abercraf; returning to the mines; and Onllwyn Colliery before and after nationalisation</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Vale</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">James & Evans</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet">Gyo</emph></persname><occupation>Colliers & Labourers & Repairers & Roadmen</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Abercraf Lodge & Onllwyn Lodge & South Wales Miners Federation & National Council of Labour Colleges & Communist Party & Labour Party & Transport and General Workers Union & Morriston Orpheus Choir & Onllwyn Pit Production Committee & Evans and Bevan Company & Trades and Labour Council (Ystradgynlais)</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">Onllwyn Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Onllwyn</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">International Anthracite Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Ystradgynlais</emph><emph altrender="parish">Powys</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><geogname><emph altrender="country">Waunclawdd Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Abercraf</emph><emph altrender="parish">Powys</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Waun Plymus Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Abercraf</emph><emph altrender="parish">Powys</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ferndale Pits</emph><emph altrender="county">Tylorstown</emph><emph altrender="parish">Rhondda Fach</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</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><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Riot, Tonypandy 1911</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Revolution, Russia 1917</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Anthracite 1925</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, General 1926</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Riot, Battle of the Rock Colliery 1925</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Spanish Civil War 1936-39</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">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">persecution </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Spanish Civil War </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disputes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">riots </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">army </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">adult education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War I </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">conscientious objectors </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">persecution </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">police </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">riots </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">unemployment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </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">choirs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War II </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">productivity </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nationalisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">children </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">imprisonment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1910 = 1974 (c) |
| 10.5.1974 |
| 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 : 3 |
| Language | English |