| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/31 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Lodge Officers Study</title> |
| Interview of Griffin, Michael Joseph |
| Second South Wales Coalfield Project 1979-82 |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>Recorded memoirs of Mike Griffin, Penrhiwceiber Lodge Secretary. Includes the Irish community in Mountain Ash, and the poverty and unemployment; his first impressions working down the mine; his role in the Lodge; non unionism; and the future of the South Wales coalfield, with the nationalisation of the industry; also his thoughts as to the strength of the miners</p><p></p><list><item><persname role="penrhiwceiber lodge secretary"><emph altrender="surname">Griffin</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Michael Joseph</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Lodge Secretary</occupation></item><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Harrison</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Bert & Horner</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">National Union of Mineworkers & National Coal Board & Conservative Party & Communist Party & Left Book Club & Publication - Daily Worker & Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company & Penrhiwceiber Lodge & South Wales Miners Industrial Union</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Penrhiwceiber Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Mountain Ash</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Deep Duffryn Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Mountain Ash</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid 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">Merthyr Vale Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Aberfan</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Fernhill Pits</emph><emph altrender="county">Fernhill</emph><emph altrender="parish">Rhondda Fawr</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Cwmgwili Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Crosshands</emph><emph altrender="parish">Dyfed</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Maerdy Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Gwaun Cae Gurwen</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Trelewis Drift</emph><emph altrender="county">Treharris</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Britannia Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Pengam</emph><emph altrender="parish">Blackwood</emph><emph altrender="township">Gwent</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Tevasol Pit</emph><emph altrender="county">Nottingham</emph><emph altrender="parish">Nottinghamshire</emph><emph altrender="township">England</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">stockpiles </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">redundancy </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recession </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">review procedure </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nationalisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">internal coalfield mobility </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closures </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">allowances </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">culture </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </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">education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">institutes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </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">housecoal </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War II </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pit conditions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">migration </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1930 = 1981 (c) |
| 27.1.1981 |
| 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 |