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| Ref No. | Description | Dates |
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| AUD/20 | Interview of Bowden, Thomas George. Recorded memoirs of Tom Bowden, Britannia Lodge Secretary, of his career in various collieries, (Pengam, Brittania, Longbourne). Includes working conditions; lodges and union activities; effect of pit closures in the area; innovations at Brittania Colliery; productivity schemes and deals; experience of strikes, including 1972 and 1974; and changes in social views of the community. Covers period : 1945-1982 (c). Running time : 1hr 9mins 12secs. |
5.3.1980 |
| AUD/21 | Interview of Howells, Berwyn. Recorded memoirs of Berwyn Howells, Garw Lodge Secretary. Includes first going down the pit; relations between officials and workmen; Garw Lodge's combine; opinion of the leadership of the South Wales Miners' Federation; effect of pit closures; joining of the Ffaldau and Garw Lodges; past and present membership of the Labour and Communist parties; decline in mining and social consciousness; support for the steel workers' strikes; events of the 1972 and 1974 strikes; and the introduction of the productivity deal. Includes comments from Llew Morgans (see AUD/128). Covers period : 1939-1980 (c). Running time : 3hrs 43mins 22secs. |
3.3.1980 |
| AUD/27 | Interview of Murphy, Daniel. Recorded memoirs of Daniel Murphy, retired Ty Mawr Lodge Chairman. Includes working relations; the 1926 General Strike and lockout; Naval Colliery working methods; nationalisation; production committees; joint lodges; explosion at Lewis Merthyr pit; pit closures and redundancies; impact of the National Insurance Act; trade union leadership; comparison of Rhondda lodges with other lodges in the coalfield; social changes in the area; and community opinion of appeals after disasters. Covers period : 1922-1980 (c). Running time : 1hr 48mins 27secs. |
18.3.1980 |
| AUD/31 | Interview of Griffin, Michael Joseph. Recorded memoirs of Mike Griffin, Penrhiwceiber Lodge Secretary. Includes the Irish community in Mountain Ash, and the poverty and unemployment; his first impressions working down the mine; his role in the Lodge; non unionism; and the future of the South Wales coalfield, with the nationalisation of the industry; also his thoughts as to the strength of the miners. Covers period : 1930-1981 (c). Running time : 1hr 21mins. |
27.1.1981 |
| AUD/32 | Interview of Jones, Idris James. Recorded memoirs of Idris Jones, Ty Mawr Lodge Secretary, concerning his training and education as an electrician for the coalfield. Includes memories of Cambrian Colliery, and its comparison with various other collieries, especially Ty Mawr. Also the treatment of craftsmen in the collieries. Covers period : 1960-1982 (c). Running time : 1hr 32mins 39secs. |
18.3.1980 |
| AUD/56 | Interview of Mainwaring, Haydn. Recorded memoirs of Haydn Mainwaring, retired Ty Mawr Compensation Secretary. Included are his first impressions working in the mine; internal relations of the mines; minimum wage; 1926 General Strike; influence of Powell Duffryn Company; being a first-aid man; suffering from nystagmus and pneumoconiosis; his role as a compensation secretary; Communism in the Rhondda; impressions of nationalisation; role of institutes and lodges; reaction to mechanisation. Also present is Dan Murphy. Covers period : 1910-1980 (c). Running time : 1hr 34mins 35secs. |
18.3.1980 |
| AUD/60 | Interview of O'Sullivan, Tyrone. Recorded memoirs of Tyrone O'Sullivan, Tower Lodge Secretary. Included are Irish influences on his life; the mining community, and relations within and between collieries; education, and his apprenticeship as an electrician; lodge structures; reasons for his involvement in union activities; upsurgence in militancy; overtime ban; strikes; picketing; closure of Fernhill and Deep Duffryn; strength of miners. Interview of Elaine O'Sullivan about her role, and that of other miners' wives, in her husband's activities, and the community. Covers period : 1940-1982 (c). Running time : 4hrs 6mins 15secs. |
22.1.1981 |
| AUD/63 | Interview of Phillips, John. Recorded memoirs of John Phillips, Treforgan Lodge Youth Representative. Included are reasons for joining the mining industry; training for mining; relations within the mines; his involvement in the strikes of 1972 and 1974; the steelworkers' strike; the effect of the incentive bonus scheme; closures; and the influence of investment for the future. Covers period : 1970-1981 (c). Running time : 49mins 7secs. |
2.6.1981 |
| AUD/66 | Interview of Williams, Elwyn Gwyn. Recorded memoirs of Gwyn Williams, Taff-Merthyr Lodge Secretary. Included are the early influences of the mining community of Bedlinog on his life; experiences in Taff-Merthyr Colliery; working conditions; impact of power loading; wages; threat of closures; militancy; position and strength of Taff-Merthyr during strikes; pressures of the energy market on coal. Covers period : 1950-1982 (c). Running time : 1hr 17mins 2secs. |
6.5.1981 |
| AUD/115 | Interview of Williams, David Ronald. Recorded memoirs of Ron Williams, Abernant Lodge Secretary. Includes his social life and activities; his father's injury in the mine; discipline within Steer Pit; left mining industry in 1955 for army service in Malaya and Sarawak; worked as a fitter on the surface and underground; his opinion that retreat mining should have been employed in Abernant Colliery; changes in Abernant Colliery due to influx of outsiders; support during the 1972 and 1974 strikes; relations between union and management; his appointment as Lodge Secretary; NUM regional meetings; and the lack of support for the steel workers. Covers period : 1940-1980 (c). Running time : 1hr 56mins 26secs. |
28.1.1981 |
| AUD/116 | Interview of Shellard, Benjamin. Recorded memoirs of Ben Shellard, Blaengwrach Lodge Secretary. Includes his first impressions of the pit; opinion of Powell Duffryn as an employer; experiences within the army; future of Cwmgwrach Colliery and the coal mining industry; pit closures in order to staff Blaengwrach Colliery; joint lodges in the area; effect of power loading on productivity; organisation of pickets during the 1972 and 1974 strikes; relationship between workers and management; delegation to Russia in 1972. Covers period : 1930-1982 (c). Running time : 1hr 22mins 57secs. |
8.5.1980 |
| AUD/117 | Interview of Rowlands, Ronald Clayton Rowland. Recorded memoirs of Ron Rowland, Six Bells Lodge Secretary. Includes pit closures in the area; union policy with regard to pit closures; the effect of the explosion at Six Bells Colliery on the community; redeployment of men among colleries; problems which arise at Six Bells, especially concerning cleaning; initial refusal of incentive bonus schemes; and hopes for the future of Six Bells. Covers period : 1935-1982 (c). Running time : 45mins 25secs. |
4.6.1981 |
| AUD/119 | Interview of Bowen, Philip James. Recorded memoirs of Phil Bowen, Blaenant Lodge Chairman. Includes his apprenticeship as a motor mechanic; mining (electrical) trainee at Abernant Colliery; changing coal mining techniques; changing relationships between men and management over the years; importance of the face captain's position; his interest in union affairs, and management confrontation; learning negotiating techniques; co-operation and design of faces, between workers and management; his opinions on the incentive bonus scheme. Covers period : 1955-1982 (c). Running time : 3hrs 16mins 43secs. |
1.6.1981 |
| AUD/123 | Interview of Elliott, Brian George. Recorded memoirs of Brian Elliott, Penallta Lodge Secretary. Includes his first impressions of the pit; relationships between men and management; the Powell Duffryn attitude; a cosmopolitan workforce; independent lodges within the area; integration of men transferred from other collieries after closures; opposition to pit closures; Penallta escaping closure; and the reserves at Penallta. Covers period : 1926-1980 (c). Running time : 1hr 13mins 20secs. |
7.5.1981 |
| AUD/125 | Interview of Hartwell, Dane Miners. Recorded memoirs of Dane Hartwell, Blaengwrach Lodge Secretary. Includes his reasons for entering the mines; social activites in Glynneath; visiting colleries as part of training; reaction of National Union of Mineworkers leadership to pit closures; closure of Rhigos and Pentreclwydau Collieries; mobile gang of electricians; experience of Tower Colliery; organisation of pickets during the 1972 strike; relationships between management and workers after the strikes; difference between Tower and Blaengwrach Colleries; and the lack of government planning and investment in South Wales coalfield. Covers period : 1950-1980 (c). Running time : 3hrs 10mins 2secs. |
18.3.1980 |
| AUD/127 | Interview of Isaac, Ian. Recorded memoirs of Ian Isaac, St John's Lodge Secretary. Includes reasons for becoming a miner, and his early years in the industry; grievance procedures within the pit compared to factories; atmosphere in the pit after the 1974 strike; Labour Party influence in Maesteg; the Incentive Bonus Scheme at St John's Colliery; support from other lodges in the area; organisation of men during strikes; the 1980 ballot for support for steel worker's strike; the relationship between the NUM National Executive Council and it's members; union involvement in planning and running of the industry. Covers period : 1930-1981 (c). Running time : 1hr 13mins 54secs. |
29.6.1981 |
| AUD/128 | Interview of Morgans, Llewellyn. Recorded memoirs of Llew Morgans, International Lodge Chairman. Includes discussion of International and Ffaldau Collieries; pneumoconiosis sufferers; relationship between management and men during World War II; closure of International; D R Llewellyn's move to the Somerset coalfield; opinion of nationalisation; impact of the Labour government on LlM's life; effect of closures on the Garw Valley; and his experiences of looking for work in London and Oxford. Includes comments by Berwyn Howells (see also AUD/21) . Covers period : 1936-1980 (c). Running time : 1hr 18mins 47secs. |
3.3.1980 |
| AUD/138 | Interview of James, Trevor. Recorded memoirs of Trevor James, Treforgan Lodge Secretary. Includes his childhood; working in the colliery in the 1940's; reasons for the Boys' strike; discusses Trevor James (miners' agent); relationship between men and management after nationalisation; allocation of faces, and payment; introduction of conveyors; fall of Labour government in 1951; industrial injuries and compensation; work as a ventilation officer; transferral of the Varteg workforce to Treforgan Colliery; lack of ventilation cited as a reason for pit closures; use of contractors in colleries; disunity of men because of the incentive bonus scheme; future of the coal industry in the Dulais Valley; belief in Arthur Scargill's ability to make union more democratic. Covers period : 1930-1980 (c). Running time : 1hr 37mins 22secs. |
28.5.1981 |
| AUD/147 | Interview of Thomas, Edward. Recorded memoirs of Edward Thomas, Glyncastle Lodge Secretary. Includes his first day underground; Glyncastle Colliery workforce and working methods; proposed plans for development of colliery before nationalisation; Resolven Miners Welfare Institute; workforce in small mines; contact with farmers in the valley; 1930's depression and effect on the family and community; management after nationalisation; National Coal Board investment in Glyncastle Colliery; and the closure of Glyncastle. Covers period : 1918-1980 (c). Running time : 1hr 33mins 45secs. |
21.5.1982 |
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