| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/312 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">"Rank and File" Study</title> |
| Interview of Lewis, Ernest |
| 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 Ernest Lewis, Blaenavon. Includes his childhood, particularly his school days; working in the colliery as a door boy; pit superstitions; his involvement with the trade unions; strike songs; working methods; and recreational activities in and around the village</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Lewis</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Ernest & Steel</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Boys, Door & Boys, Collier & Colliers</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">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">Rose Heyworth Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Abertillery</emph><emph altrender="parish">Gwent</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Varteg Top Pits</emph><emph altrender="county">Abersychan</emph><emph altrender="parish">Gwent</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Big Pit</emph><emph altrender="county">Blaenavon</emph><emph altrender="parish">Gwent</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Blaenafon 'Billy Fair Play' 1900</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">ventilation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">show cards </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">persecution </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">horses </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">transport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">contractors </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">safety </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">shift working </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">mechanisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">children </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">choirs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">culture </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1899 = 1972 (c) |
| 2.10.1972 |
| 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 |