| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/280 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Local Leaders Study</title> |
| Interview of Roberts, Jack 'Russia' |
| 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 Jack 'Russia' Roberts, Senghenydd. Includes his political activities as an unemployed miner, due to victimisation against him and others, especially by Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company; imprisonment of JR (and others) following his involvement in the Bedwas strike; election onto the council; various political influences and attitudes; welfare funds and benefits whilst imprisoned, and his experiences in jail; role and influence of Abertridwr Workmens Institute and contributions, especially during strikes; general recreation; attitudes towards Powell Duffryn managers and officials; and the deterioration of the institute</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Roberts</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Jack 'Russia' & Horner</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">South Wales Miners Federation & Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company & Abertridwr Lodge & Communist Party & Spanish Aid Committee & Abertridwr Institute & Liberal Party & Labour Party</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Abertridwr</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Abertridwr Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Abertridwr Workmens Hall</emph><emph altrender="county">Abertridwr</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Senghenydd</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</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">Bedwas</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Cardiff Jail</emph><emph altrender="county">Cardiff</emph><emph altrender="parish">South Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Taff Merthyr Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Treharris</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Windsor Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Abertridwr</emph><emph altrender="parish">Caerphilly</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Riot, Bedwas 1933</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">March, Hunger 1936</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">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">persecution </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">unemployment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">police </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">legal proceedings </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disputes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">imprisonment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">blacklegs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">riots </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disputes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">elections </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">marches </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">depression </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">stop trucks </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">women </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Spanish Civil War </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">welfare </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">institutes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">contributions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">culture </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strike pay </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">cinemas </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial relations </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1918 = 1940 (c) |
| 19.5.1974 |
| 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 |