| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/475 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Womens Work Experiences in the Swansea Valley Study</title> |
| Interview of Jones, Mary (Mrs) |
| Interview of Owen, Agnes (Mrs) |
| Subject Based Projects |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Mrs Agnes Owen and Mrs Mary Jones. Includes recollections of working conditions in the mill (AO) and in the tin house (MJ); the relationship between workers and officials, and fun with young men working in the tinplate works; their lives before they got married; activities in the evenings; housework; overcoming the problem of poverty; and attitudes to unmarried mothers</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Jones</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Mary [Mrs] & Owen</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Factory Workers</occupation></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ystradgynlais</emph><emph altrender="county">Powys</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Gurnos Tinplate Works</emph><emph altrender="county">Gurnos</emph><emph altrender="parish">Powys</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Gurnos</emph><emph altrender="county">Powys</emph></geogname></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">women </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">recreation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </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">clothing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">unemployment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">means testing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">dancing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">cinemas </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">silicosis </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">tin industry </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1910 = 1975 (c) |
| 17.4.1975 |
| 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 |