| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/9 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Local Leaders Study</title> |
| Interview of Beamish, Dick |
| 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 Dick Beamish, Abercraf, concerning the 1925 Anthracite strike and the 1934 Taff-Merthyr strike. Included are his attitudes towards blacklegs and the police force</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Beamish</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Dick & Phillips</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname></item><item><persname role="police superintendent"><emph altrender="surname">Griffiths</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Goronwy</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Amalgamated Anthracite Combine Committee</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ammanford</emph><emph altrender="county">Dyfed</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Taff-Merthyr Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Treharris</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Anthracite 1925</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Taff-Merthyr 1934</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">riots </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">anthracite </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">legal proceedings </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">police </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">blacklegs </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1925 = 1935 (c) |
| 1972 = 1974 |
| Related Material | <archref linktype="simple"><extref linktype="simple"><emph altrender="filename">WXYZ</emph><emph altrender="identity">loan copy : Miners Library</emph></extref></archref><note type="note"><p>similar transcript available for an interview with DB, probably another interview</p></note> |
| Physical Description | good |
| Extent | no of tapes : 1 |
| Language | English |