National Union of Mineworkers (South Wales Area): Blaengwrach Lodge 1944-1981

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National Union of Mineworkers (South Wales Area): Blaengwrach Lodge 1944-1981

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb217-swcc:mnc/num/l/9

17 volumes

eng,

Swansea University.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6292214

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Blaengwrach Colliery

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National Union of Mineworkers South Wales Area Blaengwrach Lodge

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South Wales Miners' Federation

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The South Wales Miners' Federation (SWMF) or 'The Fed' as it was sometimes known was founded in 1898. William Brac of the South Wales branch of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) became Vice-President, and the Lib-Lab MP for the Rhondda William Abraham (1842-1922), who was prominent within the Cambrian Miners' Association, became the President. Abraham was also Teasurer of the MFGB. He was often referred to as 'Mabon' (Welsh for the bard) by miners. A few months after its founding th...