The South Wales Miners 1898 - 1947
The South Wales miners were one of the most important groups of workers in Britain in the early twentieth century. This course charts their history through the turbulent half-century which opened with the formation of their union in 1898, saw major strikes in 1910/12, 1921, 1925 and 26, through the Great Depression of the 1930s and concluded with the nationalisation of their industry in 1947.
The South Wales Miners 1947 - 1995
This course charts the South Wales miners' turbulent history in the later twentieth century, which saw the nationalisation of their industry in 1947, a sweeping closure programme in the 1960s and major strikes in 1972, 1974 and 1984/5, after which their defeat heralded the effective demise of deep-mining in Wales.
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