| <p>Recorded memoirs of Watkin Gittins, Bedlinog. Includes first working undergound at fourteen; the influence of religion in Bedlinog; his involvement in the Temperance Movement, including temperance songs and poetry recited at meetings; his personal religious beliefs; choirs in Bedlinog; a play called `Dros y Gothan'(For A Principle), which concerned the 1934 Taff-Merthyr strike; the imprisonment of Bedlinog men during 1934, the attitude to the blacklegs, and the effect of the strike on the community; another play WG performed in called `The Flooded Mine'; decline of interest in religion; his opinion of Edgar Evans; his imprisonment for non-payment of debts. Includes contributions from Mrs Emily Gittins (wife), Mrs Martha Jones, and Elwyn Rees</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Gittins</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Watkin & Gittins</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Boys, Collier & Colliers & Deacon</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Temperance Society & Welsh Congregational Church & Apollo Glee Male Voice Choir & Merthyr Vale Nixon Choir & South Wales Miners Federation & South Wales Non-Political Union</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Bedlinog</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Bedlinog Collieries</emph><emph altrender="county">Bedlinog</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Deep Navigation Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Treharris</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ogilvie Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Deri</emph><emph altrender="parish">Bargoed</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Taff Merthyr Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Treharris</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Taff-Merthyr 1934</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Stay-Down 1935 (Taff Merthyr)</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, General 1926</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">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">women </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pensions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">eisteddfodau </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">choirs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">theatre </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">imprisonment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">blacklegs </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">shift working </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">persecution </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pit-head baths </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">transport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">adult education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">police </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War II </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">riots </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">dramatic society </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |