| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/550 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">"Rank and File" Study</title> |
| Interview of Lewis, Ernest |
| First South Wales Coalfield Project 1972-74 |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>NOT FULLY CATALOGUED. Recorded memoirs of Ernest Lewis, Blaenavon. Includes his family background; his education and examinations; pit experiences from 12 years of age; superstitions and customs; community life and traditions; the impact of the 1904 Religious Revival; his retirement due to ill health; and his wife's involvement in politics</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Lewis</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Ernest</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Boys, Door </occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Labour Party</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Blaenavon</emph><emph altrender="county">Gwent</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Blaenafon 'Billy Fair Play' 1900 </emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Revival, Religious 1904</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">children </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">culture </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">religion </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">sickness </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">health </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">compensation </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">retirement </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">women </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1890 = 1940 (c) |
| 10.1971 (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 : 2 |
| Language | English |