| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/351 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">"Rank and File" Study</title> |
| Interview of Thomas, Ivor (Mr and Mrs) |
| 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 Mr and Mrs Ivor Thomas, Penyfai. Includes working methods in the colliery, and his first day at work; gas hazards underground, and illness as a result of working in the pit; working as a gardener for a large estate; his army service; returning to work in the colliery, and an account of an accident underground; the settlement of disputes in the colliery; his trade union involvement with the National Union of Public Employess; being a gardener at the Bridgend Workhouse, and recollections of the inmates and discipline at the workhouse; establishing a piggery; his interest in boxing and rugby, and recollections of international rugby matches; supervision of a Boys Club in Bridgend; and opinions of women who drank in the pub</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Thomas</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Ivor & Thomas</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Colliers & Boys, Collier & Gardeners & Rugby Players & Publicans (Barmaids) </occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">South Wales Miners Federation & National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) & Bridgend Rugby Club & Bridgend Boys Club</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Penyfai</emph><emph altrender="county">Bridgend</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Coytrahen Park Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Tondu</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Cribbwr Fawr Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Kenfig Hill</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Tavern Public House</emph><emph altrender="county">Penyfai</emph><emph altrender="parish">Bridgend</emph><emph altrender="township">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Bryncethin Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Tondu</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ffaldau Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Pontycymmer</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Bridgend Workhouse Hospital</emph><emph altrender="county">Bridgend</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Merthyr Tydfil</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></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">ventilation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">shift working </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sickness </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">army </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">steam </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial injuries </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">contributions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">unemployment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">depression </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">means testing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sport </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">boxing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">rugby </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">women </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pit conditions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">gas hazards </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1905 = 1974 (c) |
| 10.6.1974 |
| Related Material | <archref linktype="simple"><extref linktype="simple"><emph altrender="filename">WXYZ</emph><emph altrender="identity">loan copy : Miners Library</emph></extref></archref> |
| Physical Description | good |
| Extent | no of tapes : 2 |
| Language | English |