| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/239 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">South Wales Miners Federation Founder Members Study</title> |
| Interview of Davies, Albert |
| 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 Albert Davies, Blaenavon. Includes his family background; training as a carpenter, and his decision to work underground; first impressions of the pit; gaining his Colliery Managers Certificate, and his duties as a Safety Inspector; comparison of working practices between the Durham and South Wales coalfields; management and trade unions; impact of nationalisation; modern safety improvements; and his opinions concerning the causes of the Six Bells Colliery explosion</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Davies</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Albert & Walker</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Boys, Collier & Colliers & Lodge Chairman (Blaenavon Combine) & Inspectors, Safety </occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Blaenavon Combine & Labour Party & South Wales Miners Federation</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Blaenavon</emph><emph altrender="county">Gwent</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Kays Slope</emph><emph altrender="county">Blaenavon</emph><emph altrender="parish">Gwent</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Durham</emph><emph altrender="county">England</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Six Bells Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Six Bells</emph><emph altrender="parish">Abertillery</emph><emph altrender="township">Gwent</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Explosion, Six Bells Colliery 1960</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Explosion, Milfraen Colliery 1929</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, General 1926</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">training </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closed shop </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">adult education </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">persecution </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">safety </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">clothing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nationalisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">explosions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disasters </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pit conditions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial relations </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1910 = 1973 (c) |
| 8.11.1973 |
| Related Material | <archref linktype="simple"><extref linktype="simple"><emph altrender="filename">WXYZ</emph><emph altrender="identity">loan copy : Miners Library</emph></extref></archref> |
| Physical Description | good |
| Extent | no of tapes : 1 |
| Language | English |