W H Crews collection 1948-1981

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W H Crews collection 1948-1981

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb217-swcc:mnc/pp/4

2 envelopes

eng,

Swansea University. LIS Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6292240

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Crews W H fl 1951

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vg2598 (person)

South Wales Miners' Federation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vg1wt9 (corporateBody)

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...