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Ref NoSWCC/AUD/348
Title<title linktype="simple">Cambrian Combine Dispute Study</title>
Interview of Lewis, Bryn (Mr and Mrs)
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 Mr and Mrs Bryn Lewis, Cardiff. Includes a discussion of the debates which took place in the public house where he lived during his childhood; an account of the Cambrian strike, including looting of the shops; police accomodation at the pub, and their attitudes towards the strikers; trade during the strikes; attitudes towards blacklegs; billeting of extra troops and police to the area; workers relationship with the management during World War I; price of beer during the War, fights and drunkeness in the pub, women&apos;s drinking habits, and games played; food eaten by the family; position of the Welsh language; and the importance of rugby in the Rhondda valley</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Lewis</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Bryn [Mrs] &amp; Lewis</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Lancashire Fusiliers &amp; South Wales Miners Federation &amp; Cambrian Combine Committee &amp; Welsh Language Society &amp; Labour Party &amp; Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Cambrian Navigation Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Blaenclydach</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">New Inn Public House</emph><emph altrender="county">Blaenclydach</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Tonypandy</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Cambrian Combine 1910-11</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </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">riots </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">police </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">blacklegs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">women </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">childrens games </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">silicosis </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">housing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">rugby </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">children </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">army </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial relations </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War I </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">culture </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Welsh language </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list>
Date1905 = 1973 (c)
28.1.1973
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 : 2
LanguageEnglish
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