Eighteen years have passed since then and one mine has become six and the few hands have become many.At that time a ton of coal was usually brought up from the mines at a time and deposited by horse or manpower at one of three stagings conveniently situated. It was then tipped into ...
He developed a lifelong interest in mines and mining and was for a short time at the Royal School of Mines in London. He was not a `Bevin Boy' but volunteered for the mines for his National Service, which he spent in the Forest of Dean, initially for a short time as as a coal ...
The Profits went predominantly into the Land Owner's hands (hence the Numerous Opulent Mansion Houses in Wales, but many of these Landowners had their Main Residences in England), this is true of other Welsh Resources such as Coal, Slate, Iron, Lime, Copper (Thomas Williams 'Copper King' ...
(a very brief summary of a much longer piece I contributed toThe Llanelli Miscellany), but the Scottish archives also contain, for example, a significant amount of letters and plans relating to the history of Pembroke Dockyard, papers of the Cardiff and Clyde Coaling Company and various other...
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The strikes had begun after the miners were offered a rate of pay per ton of coal they felt would make it impossible to make a living. The demonstrators managed to shut down all the mines apart from the Llwynypia Powerhouse. It was rumoured stokers had been brought in from Cardiff to...
When we were coal miners: A perspective from one of the last Welsh drift mines Our family drift mine, called the Thomas-Bryn Colliery was started by my Grandfather in 1968 following his redundancy from the nearby Lletty deep Colliery... DJ Thomas 被引量: 0发表: 2017年 National Museum of ...
Its bountiful coal, tin and copper mines saw it prosper… Continue ReadingGone for Good? ~ A Documentary Film & Photo Project Exploring the State of Our So-Called Sacred Spaces 4 Comments A Wild Walk on Whiteford Beach ~ Gower Peninsula, South Wales Published March 29, 2021 By Ben ...
He developed a lifelong interest in mines and mining and was for a short time at the Royal School of Mines in London. He was not a `Bevin Boy' but volunteered for the mines for his National Service, which he spent in the Forest of Dean, initially for a short time as as a coal ...
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