| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/335 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Local Leaders Study</title> |
| Interview of Watkins, Tom |
| 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 Tom Watkins, Ynysybwl. Includes his family background; dietary habits, and alcohol meant poverty to families; training as a farrier; his duties as a shoe smith and an ostler working in the colliery; horses underground; increased productivity during World War I; impact of religion on the community; the position of the Welsh language in Ynysybwl; and changing attitudes to work</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Watkins</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Tom & Thomas</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet">?</emph></persname><occupation>Farriers & Ostlers & Timbermen</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Ocean Coal Company Limited & Enginemens and Craftsmen Union & Colliery Managers Union & South Wales Miners Federation & Abercynon Co-Operative Society & Ynysybwl Institute</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Lady Windsor Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Ynysybwl</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ynysybwl</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ynysybwl Welfare Hall</emph><emph altrender="county">Ynysybwl</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></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">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">horses </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">training </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War I </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">productivity </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nationalisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">safety </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">transport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">rugby </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">cinemas </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">institutes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Welsh language </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1909 = 1972 (c) |
| 23.10.1972 |
| 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 : 2 |
| Language | English |