| <p>Recorded memoirs of Mel Thomas, Maesteg. Includes his family background; influence of trade unionism, and his growing interest in politics and the Lodge Committee; his opinion of North Navigation Collieries Company; anti World War I movements in the Maesteg area; his role in the establishment and development of local branches of the Communist Party, Miners Minority Movement, National Unemployment Workers Movement, and the Youth Communist League; influence of the National Council of Labour Colleges classes; his recollections of incidents during the 1926 lock out and General Strike, and political changes; decline of Communist Party membership during the 1930's; and his opinion of Arthur Horner</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Thomas</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Mel & Cox</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Boys, Collier & Lodge Officers & Young Communist League District Chairman & NUWM District Secretary </occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">National Union of Mineworkers & South Wales Miners Federation & Caerau Lodge & Labour Party & North Navigation Collieries Company & Coegnant Lodge & Caerau Lodge & Maesteg Joint Lodges & Independent Labour Party & Communist Party & Irish Self Determination League & Miners Minority Movement & National Council Of Labour Colleges & Hands Off Russia Committee & Young Communist League & National Unemployment Workers Movement & Municipal and General Workers Union & Maesteg Unemployed Lodge & Ukranian Communists League Congress & Maesteg Miners Joint Committee</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Caerau</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Coegnant Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Llynfi Valley</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Caerau Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Llynfi Valley</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">St John's Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Maesteg</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Maesteg Deep Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Maesteg</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Maesteg</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Garth Pit</emph><emph altrender="county">LLynfi Valley</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Glyncymmer Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Cymmer</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">South Pit</emph><emph altrender="county">Glyncorrwg</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Russia</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">World War I 1914-18</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1921</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">March, Hunger 1929</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">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">children </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War I </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nationalisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">adult education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">institutes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">lock out </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">riots </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">persecution </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">blacklegs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">police </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">imprisonment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">depression </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">unemployment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">conferences </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">marches </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">contributions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Spanish Civil War </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">conscientious objectors </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list><list type="deflist"><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>Sankey Royal Commission on Coal 1918</item></defitem><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>Samuel Royal Commission on Coal 1926</item></defitem></list> |