| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/330 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Local Leaders Study</title> |
| Interview of Brown, George |
| Interview of Abrahams, Phil |
| 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 Phil Abrahams and George Brown, both of Nantyglo. Includes prison experiences following their arrest at riots, and the witnesses and jury at the trials; the collapse of coal owning companies and closure of pits in 1921; moving away from South Wales to find work; pits which they worked in during their careers; their family backgrounds; survival of families during the depression; involvement in politics; organisation of the National Unemployed Workers Movement; an account of the 1935 Blaina riot, and an account of a hunger march to the TUC at Bristol in 1931; and their opinions on trade unionism as the "new" religion</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Abrahams</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Phil & Brown</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Publication - Western Mail & Publication - New York Times & Baldwyns Limited & Lancasters Steam Coal Company & Communist Party & National Unemployed Workers Movement & Labour Party & Trades and Labour Council & South Wales Miners Federation & National Union of Mineworkers & Council of Action & Public Assistance Committee & Trade Union Congress</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Nantyglo</emph><emph altrender="county">Gwent</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Slough</emph><emph altrender="county">Berkshire</emph><emph altrender="parish">England</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Cardiff Prison</emph><emph altrender="county">Cardiff</emph><emph altrender="parish">South Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Demonstration, Blaina 1935</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">March, Hunger 1931</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">Strike, 1972</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">imprisonment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">riots </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disputes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">persecution </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">police </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">marches </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closures </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">unemployment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">adult education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War II </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">clothing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">depression </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">elections </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">means testing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">women </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">legal proceedings </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">coal owners </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">migration </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1910 = 1972 (c) |
| 5.1972 |
| 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 : 3 |
| Language | English |