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Ref NoSWCC/AUD/277
Title<title linktype="simple">Tumble Community Study</title>
Interview of Harries, S A (Mrs)
First South Wales Coalfield Project 1972-74
Description<list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list>
<p>Atgofion Mrs S A Harries, Aberystwyth. Yn ymdrin yn bennaf a chefndir ei theulu, a&apos;u arferion bwyta; atgofion am streics yn ystod yr 1890&apos;au, a&apos;r ymddygiad tuag at y bradwyr a&apos;r perchennogion glo; safle merched yn y gymuned a&apos;r cartref; ei haddysg, ac yna gweithio fel morwyn a swyddi eraill; tlodi a caledi; barn yn ystod Rhyfel y Bwr; dylanwad Diwygiad Crefyddol 1904 ar y gymuned a&apos;r tafarnau; trefniant ynglyn a thai, lletywyr, a gwaith dyddiol; iechyd ac ysbytai; a dylanwad cryf crefydd ar ei bywyd. Recorded memoirs of Mrs S A Harries, Aberystwyth. Includes her family background, and their culinary habits; recollections of various strikes in the 1890&apos;s and attitudes to blacklegs (turn-coats) and coal owners; role of women at home and in the community; her education, and going into domestic service, and other jobs; poverty and hardship; attitudes during the Boer War; influence of the 1904 religious revival on the community, and the public houses; marriage and family; housing arrangments, lodgers, and daily routines; health and hospitals; strong influence of religion on her life</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Harries</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">S A [Mrs] &amp; Rees</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Farmers &amp; Domestic Servants &amp; Post Woman</occupation><note type="note"><p>Mrs Harries is the mother of Mrs L Rees AUD/252</p></note></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Tumble</emph><emph altrender="county">Dyfed</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ebenezer Chapel</emph><emph altrender="county">Tumble</emph><emph altrender="parish">Dyfed</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Burry Port</emph><emph altrender="county">Dyfed</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Pontyberem</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><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, Hauliers 1893 (?)</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">War, Boer</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">women </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">silicosis </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">children </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">welfare </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">education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">housing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Welsh language </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">holidays </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sickness </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">health </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">coal owners </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">culture </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">depression </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sickness </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list>
Date1880 = 1930 (c)
6.6.1974
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 : 2
LanguageWelsh
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