| <p>Atgofion Jack John, Llanfyrnach. Yn ymdrin yn bennaf a symud i'r Tymbl o Lanfyrnach i weithio yn y pyllau glo, gan ddechrau fel labrwr; dylanwad gwleidyddiaeth a datblygiad undebau llafur; gorfodaeth i ymuno a'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf fel aelod o'r heddlu milwrol; cymuned y Tymbl; dylanwad crefydd, yn enwedig Tom Nefyn Williams, a troi'n anffyddiwr; perthynas a cyflwr y gweithfeydd, a streics, gan gynnwys effaith Striec Gyffredin 1926; ei weithgareddau fel Comiwnyddwr. Recorded memoirs of Jack John, Llanfyrnach. Including moving to Tumble from Llanfyrnach to work in the pits, beginning as a labourer; influence of politics and the development of trade unionism; conscription for World War I and joining the military police; the community in Tumble; influence of religion, especially Tom Nevin Williams, and becoming a "free-thinker"; relations and conditions in the pits, and strikes, including the effect of the General Strike 1926; his activities as a Communist</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">John</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Jack & Davies</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Labourers </occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Independent Labour Party & South Wales Miners Federation & Liberal Party & Labour Party & Communist Party & National Coal Board & Canteen Committee & Great Mountain Lodge</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Tumble</emph><emph altrender="county">Dyfed</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Llanfyrnach</emph><emph altrender="county">Dyfed</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Great Mountain Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Cross Hands</emph><emph altrender="parish">Dyfed</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Trelach</emph><emph altrender="county">Dyfed</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, 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">Congress, Miners Minority Movement 1926</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Revival, Religious 1904</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">internal coalfield mobility </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial relations </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">institutes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War I </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">conscription </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">conscientious objectors </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">transport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">women </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">seniority rule </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">silicosis </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">welfare </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">dust </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pit conditions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">communism </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list><list type="deflist"><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>Minimum Wage Act 1912</item></defitem><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>Conscription Act 1916</item></defitem><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>Compensation Act</item></defitem></list> |