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Ref NoSWCC/AUD/262
Title<title linktype="simple">Local Leaders Study</title>
Interview of Jenkins, Ann (nee)
Interview of Jenkins, Bryn
First South Wales Coalfield Project 1972-74
Description<list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list>
<p>Atgofion Bryn Jenkins, Ystradgynlais. Yn ymdrin yn bennaf a&apos;r iaith a ddefnyddir yng ngwaith glo Yniscedwyn, a&apos;i brofiad cyntaf yn y pwll; rhan y rheolwr yng ngoruchwyliaeth y pwll, a phrofiadau BJ fel swyddog y cyfrinfa; cyflwyno peiriannau i&apos;r pwll, a&apos;r ymgyrch yn erbyn cau y gwaith. Hefyd ceir atgofion Ann Jenkins (chwaer BJ) ynglyn a rhan merched yn y gwaith ac yn y cartref. Recorded memoirs of Bryn Jenkins, Ystradgynlais. Included are his recollections of the language of Yniscedwyn Colliery, and his first experiences underground; role of the lodge in the management of the pit, and BJ&apos;s own experiences as a lodge officer; mechanisation of the colliery, and campaigning to prevent its closure. Appended is a brief interview with Ann Jenkins (BJ&apos;s sister) of the role of women in the workplace and in the home</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Jenkins</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Bryn &amp; Jenkins</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet">Mumbles</emph></persname><occupation>Hauliers &amp; Lodge Officers &amp; Riders</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Yniscedwyn Lodge &amp; Amalgamated Anthracite Combine Committee &amp; Hendreladis Lodge &amp; Communist Party &amp; Smiths [Watch] Factory</emph></corpname><note type="note"><p>Yniscedwyn Lodge was formerly known as Hendreladis Lodge until after nationalisation</p></note></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ynyscedwin Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Ystradgynlais</emph><emph altrender="parish">Powys</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Nationalisation, Vesting Day 1947</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Welsh language </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">unemployment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War II </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nationalisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closures </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">productivity </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">mechanisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">women </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">redundancy </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list>
Date1930 = 1950 (c)
13.5.1974
Related Material<archref linktype="simple"><extref linktype="simple"><emph altrender="filename">WXYZ</emph><emph altrender="identity">loan copy : Miners Library</emph></extref></archref>
Physical Descriptiongood
Extentno of tapes : 1
LanguageWelsh
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