<p>Recorded memoirs of Leo Price, Abertridwr. Included are experiences of his various occupations, including as a baker, butcher, and barber; becoming a member of the South Wales Miners Federation, and working in various pits; his involvement with the local Communist Party, and their paper 'The Bedwas Rebel'; scab-unionism; and his experiences in the Spanish Civil War</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Price</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Leo & Hewlett</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Colliers & Bakers & Barbers & Butchers</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">South Wales Miners Federation & Communist Party & Bedwas Lodge & International Brigade & New Party & Publication - 'The Bedwas Rebel' & South wales Miners Industrial Union</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Abertillery</emph><emph altrender="county">Gwent</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Cwmtillery Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Abertillery</emph><emph altrender="parish">Gwent</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Bedwas Navigation Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Bedwas</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Spain</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ystrad-mynach</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></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">Strike, Stay-Down 1936 (Bedwas)</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">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">contributions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial injuries </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">internal coalfield mobility </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">unemployment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closures </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><subject><emph altrender="a">lock out </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">contractors </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pickets </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></item></list> |