| <p>Recorded memoirs of Dai Francis, former General Secretary South Wales Area of the National Union of Mineworkers, mainly concerning his political awareness and involvement in the trade union movement. Included are early influences of the Anthracite and General strikes on his life; local recreation and religion within Onllwyn; influence of the Welsh language in the community; joining the Communist Party in 1936, and working on Onllwyn Lodge; Spanish Aid Committee activities; election onto the Executive Council; conflict within the Communist Party, and activities and disputes during World War II; wage agreements; nationalisation and the formation of the NUM; influence and activities of Arthur Horner; the advent of pit closures with the National Coal Board; role as the General Secretary of the South Wales NUM, and the 1972 strike; and the culture of the Miners Galas and Eisteddfodau</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Francis</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Dai & Benson</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">South Wales Miners Federation & National Union of Mineworkers & Labour Party & Rachabites & Evans and Bevan Ltd & Communist Party & Onllwyn Lodge & United Front & National Council Of Labour Colleges & Spanish Aid Committee & Home Guard & Local Defence Volunteers & Miners Minority Movement & National Coal Board & Onllwyn Welfare Committee & Trades Union Congress &</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Onllwyn</emph><emph altrender="county">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Onllwyn Billiard Hall</emph><emph altrender="county">Onllwyn</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Onllwyn Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Onllwyn</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Onllwyn Welfare Hall</emph><emph altrender="county">Onllwyn</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Saltley</emph><emph altrender="county">Birmingham</emph><emph altrender="parish">Midlands</emph><emph altrender="township">England</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Anthracite 1925</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">event</emph><emph altrender="y">World War II 1939-45</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Tareni 1943</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Penrhiwceiber 1943</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Grindthorpe 1948</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Porter Award 1944</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Boys 1942-43</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Surfacemen 1969</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1972</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">anthracite </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">seniority rule </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">depression </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">marches </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">police </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">billiards </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">eisteddfodau </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Welsh language </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">vagrants </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">migration </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">internal coalfield mobility </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">housing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">contributions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nystagmus </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">adult education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Spanish Civil War </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">concessions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War II </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">fascism </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">allowances </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">housecoal </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">mechanisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">power loading </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nationalisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wage agreements </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">blacklegs </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">closures </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pickets </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">galas </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">banners </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list><list type="deflist"><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>Day Wage Structure Agreement 1955-56</item></defitem><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>National Power Loading Agreement 1966</item></defitem><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>Wilberforce Report 1972</item></defitem></list> |