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| Ref No. | Description | Dates |
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| AUD/377 | Interview of Williams, John. Recorded memoirs of John Williams. Includes working as a collier boy, being trained by his father; the old Barry system of working; his first day working underground; miners' fears of mechanisation; general working conditions and techniques; measuring; and the persecution of Arthur Horner. Covers period : 1918-1960 (c). Running time : 1hr 34mins 24secs. |
1961 (c) |
| AUD/389 | Interview of Morris, M Jeff. Interview of Davies, E. Recorded memoirs of Jeff Morris and E Davies. Includes their first day's working underground; common working methods; impact of mechanisation; accidents experienced underground; impact of a foreign workforce; the Barry system (long work) not paid for small coal; steel and timber supports; the Spanish community in Abercrave; compensation and pneumoconiosis; joining the South Wales Miners' Federation; and general safety issues. Covers period : 1915-1979 (c). Running time : 1hr 35mins 17secs. |
1960-1979 (c) |
| AUD/390 | Interview of Evans, John. Recorded memoirs of John Evans. Includes his first day working underground; working methods and the introduction of mechanisation; a comparison of the stall and mechanised system of working; custom of writing a collier's number on a dram once full; and being a pneumoconiosis sufferer. Covers period : 1910 = 1979 (c). Running time : 28mins 25secs. |
1960-1979 (c) |
| AUD/391 | Interview of Netherway, Gwen (Mrs). Recorded memoirs of Mrs Gwen Netherway. Includes a discussion of her father's injuries after an accident underground and being disabled as a result; and the inventions of her brother who became a spinal specialist. Covers period : 1914-1950 (c). Running time : 3mins 52secs. |
1970-1979 (c) |
| AUD/392 | Interview of Evans, George. Recorded memoirs of George Evans. Includes his first day working underground; a description of a collier's 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. Covers period : 1930-1979 (c). Running time : 40mins. |
1960-1979 (c) |
| AUD/393 | Interview of Hughes, Hugh. Recorded memoirs of Hugh Hughes. Includes a discussion on members of his family who emigrated to America; his first day working underground; working methods; the improvement of safety following nationalisation; working in Staffordshire, and a comparison of geological conditions; hauliers and miners' clothing; injured men carried out by stretcher; nicknames of colleagues; tormenting collier boys; and preferential work places for men favoured by management. Covers period : 1925-1979 (c). Running time : 44mins 33secs. |
1960-1979 (c) |
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