Cwmbach Relief Committee - 1910
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Relief committee, South Wales Coal Strike.
Lady in traditional costume at the back is actually a man in drag?
In the autumn of 1910 nearly one sixth of all miners in south Wales were on strike. The tension soon boiled over into a period of civil unrest and some violence, which included at least one death. The strike came to an end in the Autumn, but there was no victory for the Miners.
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