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The South Wales Miners’ Library was opened in October 1973 to house material collected by the South Wales Coalfield History Project.  Funded by the Social Science Research Council, the project’s aim was to preserve oral, visual and written evidence of coal mining and miners in South Wales at a time…Continue reading “About”

25Jun 202018 Feb 2021
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Italian migration and the Italian cafés of South Wales

This edition of the Miners’ Library blog examines Italian migration into Wales in the twentieth century through the lens of…

2Mar 202018 Feb 2021
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An Abundance of Riches: Item No.5 Underground Poland Speaks

Beyond Coal: the SWCC and Its Concealed Seams “SWCC” stands for the South Wales Coalfield Collection. This internationally significant collection…

7Oct 201918 Feb 2021
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An Abundance of Riches: Item No.4 Civil Defence Handbook

Beyond Coal: the SWCC and Its Concealed Seams  “SWCC” stands for the South Wales Coalfield Collection. This internationally significant collection…

Coalfield Collection

An Abundance of Riches: Item No.3 What I Saw in Korea

9 Sep 201918 Feb 2021
Beyond Coal: the SWCC and Its Concealed Seams  “SWCC” stands for the South Wales Coalfield Collection. This internationally significant collection is housed at two locations: the Richard Burtons Archives and…
Coalfield Collection

An Abundance of Riches: Item No.2  This is AMERICA

5 Aug 201918 Feb 2021
  Beyond Coal: the SWCC and Its Concealed Seams  “SWCC” stands for the South Wales Coalfield Collection. This internationally significant collection is housed at two locations: the Richard Burtons Archives…
Coalfield Collection

An Abundance of Riches: Item No.1 FOUR WEEKS in the Hands of HITLER’S Hell-Hounds

3 Jul 201918 Feb 2021
Beyond Coal: the SWCC and Its Concealed Seams “SWCC” stands for the South Wales Coalfield Collection. This internationally significant collection is housed at two locations: the Richard Burtons Archives and…
Migration

The Spanish communities of South Wales and their role in supporting Basque refugees during the Spanish Civil War

20 May 201918 Feb 2021
On the 80th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), this month’s Miners’ Library blog draws on our collections to relate the story of the Basque refugees…
People

Emily Phipps and Avril Rolph

23 Aug 201818 Feb 2021
Apart from Hendrefoelan House (former home of previous blog subject Amy Dillwyn), our closest neighbour in the Hendrefoelan Student Village is the Emily Phipps Building. It has been utilized by…
People

Emily Phipps ac Avril Rolph

23 Aug 201818 Feb 2021
Ar wahân i Dŷ Hendrefoilan, (tŷ Amy Dillwyn o blog blaenorol), ein cymydog agosaf ym Mhentref Myfyrwyr Hendrefoilan yw Adeilad Emily Phipps. Mae nifer o adrannau wedi defnyddio'r adeilad dros…
Health

GIG @ 70

4 Jul 201818 Feb 2021
  Mae genedigaeth y Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol ar Orffennaf 5ed 1948 yn hollbwysig i hanes Prydain. Fe wnaeth creu'r gwasanaeth gweld goblygiadau dros yr holl wlad a newid ein cymdeithas…
Health

NHS @ 70

4 Jul 201818 Feb 2021
The birth of the National Health Service on July 5th 1948 is a landmark moment in British history. Its creation would have ramifications for the entire country and impact society…
Strikes

Orgreave

14 Jun 201818 Feb 2021
The violent clash that occurred between police offers and pickets at Orgreave Coking Plant on the 18th of June 1984 was a key political moment of the strike and continues…
Strikes

Orgreave (Cymraeg)

14 Jun 201818 Feb 2021
Roedd y gwrthdaro treisgar rhwng yr heddlu a phobl yn bicedi yn Ffatri Côc Orgreave ar 18fed o Fehefin 1984 yn ddigwyddiad allweddol o streic y glowyr a dal yn…

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