| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/392 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">George Ewart Evans Coalfield Study</title> |
| Interview of Evans, George |
| Subject Based Projects |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>Recorded memoirs of George Evans. Includes his first day working underground; a description of a colliers' tools and how they were used; being fined during the 1942-43 Boys Strike; joining the army; the hierarchy underground; collier boys and colliers; the impact of mechanisation; tools secured underground; and the work of a collier boy</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Evans</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">George & Williams</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Boys, Collier & Colliers</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Young Communist League</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Banwen Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Banwen</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Rassa Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Ebbw Vale</emph><emph altrender="parish">Gwent</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Onllwyn Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Onllwyn</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Boys 1942-43</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">hours of work </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">army </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">work tools </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial relations </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1930 = 1979 (c) |
| 1960 = 1979 (c) |
| 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 |