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Working the coal

Images and oral testimony from the collections of Amgueddfa Cymru relating to work in the collieries of Wales in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century

There are 44 items in this collection

A young boy working underground

A young boy working underground

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Screens, Bersham Colliery, early 1960s

Screens, Bersham Colliery, early 1960s
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Pochin Colliers on the way home to Tredegar

Pochin Colliers on the way home to Tredegar
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Officials and workmen at Darren Colliery

Officials and workmen at Darren Colliery
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Minding ventilation doors

Minding ventilation doors
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The last pony to work at Bersham Colliery, near...

The last pony to work at Bersham Colliery, near...
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Having a break at Brithdir Pit, Bargoed...

Having a break at Brithdir Pit, Bargoed...
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Collier boy named 'Hapenny', from the...

Collier boy named 'Hapenny', from the...
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Filing a tram at Lewis Merthyr Colliery, about...

Filing a tram at Lewis Merthyr Colliery, about...
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Miners at the end of the day

Miners at the end of the day
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Colliers ready to descend, Oakdale Colliery,...

Colliers ready to descend, Oakdale Colliery,...
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A Gilfach Goch collier, about 1920

A Gilfach Goch collier, about 1920
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Colliers fetching their lamps, Oakdale Colliery...

Colliers fetching their lamps, Oakdale Colliery...
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Working at the coalface, South Wales, 1930s

Working at the coalface, South Wales, 1930s

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Pit bottom, Lewis Merthyr Colliery, Trehafod,...

Pit bottom, Lewis Merthyr Colliery, Trehafod,...
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Repairers at Lewis Merthyr Colliery

Repairers at Lewis Merthyr Colliery
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Young colliers from Pochin Colliery

Young colliers from Pochin Colliery
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Ferndale Colliery, 1907

Ferndale Colliery, 1907
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papur-lamp

papur-lamp
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Working the coal - cnoi baco

Working the coal - cnoi baco
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Isaac John: dechregwitho

Isaac John: dechregwitho
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Working the coal

Working the coal
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Working the Coal: starting work

Working the Coal: starting work
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Top of Ocean Pit

Top of Ocean Pit
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Working the coal; Getting work

Working the coal; Getting work
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Working the coal

Working the coal
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Working the coal

Working the coal
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Girls working

Girls working
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working the coal

working the coal
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Minding doors

Minding doors
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Working the coal: darkers

Working the coal: darkers
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Working in Gas

Working in Gas
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anxious to go

anxious to go
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Working the coal: tiredness

Working the coal: tiredness
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Digging coal

Digging coal
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Working the coal

Working the coal
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Getting work in the coalfields

Getting work in the coalfields
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Working the coal

Working the coal
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Working the coal - Unemployed

Working the coal - Unemployed
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Working the coal

Working the coal
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Working the coal - Starting work

Working the coal - Starting work
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