| Ref No | SWCC/BAN/17 |
| Title | NUM South Wales Area Banner |
| <title linktype="simple">Forward to Socialism / Ymlaen i Sosialaeth</title> |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">banner</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>At the top of the banner is a picture of a colliery and the surrounding area, including a public house called The Dragon. Below left is a picture of an old fashioned miner with a miners lamp and pick. Below right is a modern miner with a mechanical drill and an electric lamp. Between the two miners is a mine. Bottom centre a yellow circle with a miners lamp, a leek and a colliery winding tower, depicting the emblem of the National Union of Mineworkers, South Wales Area, which is surrounded by a laurel wreath (back)</p><p></p><list><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">banners</emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list><note type="note"><p>A postcard with a photograph of this banner exists</p></note> |
| Date | 1954 |
| Physical Description | fair (paint cracking and flaking. Should not be loaned often) |