Miscellaneous personal collections relating to the South Wales Coalfield area 1932-1983

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Miscellaneous personal collections relating to the South Wales Coalfield area 1932-1983

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb217-swcc:mnc/pp/35

9 envelopes, 6 volumes and 2 files (1 box)

eng,

Swansea University. LIS Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6292239

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Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru (1958: Ebbw Vale)

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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...

Miners' Federation of Great Britain

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