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Ref NoSWCC/AUD/98
Title<title linktype="simple">Local Leaders Study</title>
Interview of Llewellyn, Mavis
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 Mavis Llewellyn, Nantymoel. Included are recollections of the influence of scab unionism, the combines and a stay-down strike in Nantymoel; pit accidents and effect on the community; the General strike and lockout 1926; going to an all girls College to train as a teacher; political activities with the Communist Party, and the Working Womens Guilds; experiences as a teacher; recollections of Lewis Jones, and completing his book &quot;We Live&quot;; her observations on the Spanish Civil War; and police persecution of her family; World War II and evacuees</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Llewellyn</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Mavis &amp; Llewellyn</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Teachers</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">South Wales Miners Federation &amp; Spencers Union &amp; Communist Party &amp; Independent Labour Party &amp; National Unemployment Workers Movement &amp; Labour Party &amp; Working Womens Guilds &amp; Ogmore and Garw Council &amp; Plaid Cymru &amp; Peoples Convention &amp; South Wales Miners Industrial Union</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Nantymoel</emph><emph altrender="county">mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Nantymoel Level</emph><emph altrender="county">Ogmore Vale</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Blaengwynfi Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Blaengwynfi</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Barry Training College</emph><emph altrender="county">Barry</emph><emph altrender="parish">South Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Rhondda</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></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">Strike, Stay-Down 1925 (Nantymoel)</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">March, Womens Hunger 1934</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Day, International Womens</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, Cambrian Combine 1910-11</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">persecution </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">blacklegs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disputes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">lock out </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">women </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">fatal accidents </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial injuries </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">welfare </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">allowances </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">means testing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">marches </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">housing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">health </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">depression </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Spanish Civil War </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">World War II </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Welsh language </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list>
Date1920 = 1940 (c)
16.5.1974
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 : 3
LanguageEnglish
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