| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/341 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Extra-Mural Lectures</title> |
| Lecture by Thomas, John (Dr and Mrs) |
| Recordings During The Period 1974-79 |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>Lecture entitled `Memories of the First Secretary of the Workers Education Association in South Wales', in which Dr John Thomas discusses his career, and the background of the WEA in South Wales; his experience as a conscientious objector during World War I; the meeting to settle the Ammanford dispute; and BBC talks on industry during World War II. Includes observations and questions from the audience in response to the lecture</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Thomas</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">John [Dr] & Thomas</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Teachers & Labourers & Checkweighers & WEA Secretary (South Wales) </occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Workers Educational Association & British Broadcasting Corporation</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Singleton Abbey Farm</emph><emph altrender="county">Swansea</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Diamond Anthracite Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Crynant</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ammanford</emph><emph altrender="county">Dyfed</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Stoke-on-Trent</emph><emph altrender="county">Staffordshire</emph><emph altrender="parish">England</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">World War I 1914-18</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Anthracite 1925</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">adult education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War I </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">conscientious objectors </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disputes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">World War II </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">miners agents </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1905 = 1974 (c) |
| 8.5.1974 |
| Related Material | <archref linktype="simple"><extref linktype="simple"><emph altrender="filename">WXYZ</emph><emph altrender="identity">loan copy : Miners Library</emph></extref></archref> |
| Physical Description | good |
| Extent | no of tapes : 2 |
| Language | English |