| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/502 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Miscellaneous Coalfield</title> |
| Discussion Class - Blaengwynfi |
| Miscellaneous |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>Recording of Blaengwynfi Group discussing the closure of the collieries and the end of the coal industry in the area. Includes personal recollections by members of the group (Ron, Babs and Winnie), Ron's father died of silicosis; blacklegs during the 1926 General Strike; working methods underground; soup kitchens; village criers; and local jazz bands</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Coombes</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Eric & Rabbit</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Boys, Collier</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">South Wales Miners Federation</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Blaengwynfi</emph><emph altrender="county">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Birmingham</emph><emph altrender="county">Midlands</emph><emph altrender="parish">England</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">apprenticeships </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">blacklegs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">police </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">compensation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">training </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">show cards </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">jazz bands </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">riots </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a"></emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1930 = 1986 (c) |
| 20.11.1985 |
| 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 |