Coal Miners - Difficulties Buying Food
In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions
Difficulties faced by ordinary mining families buying food.
Reconstruction showing 1927 life in the coal industry and highlighting the difficulties faced by ordinary mining families buying food when money was tight. Focusses on the role of the woman in the miner's family. Food rationing was often seen as the answer.
From:
Coal House Omnibus 1
First broadcast
:
28 October 2007
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 11-14
Subject : History
Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain
Keywords : Coal industry, History of women,
Notes : Useful when studying mining families' daily lives, conditions and diets. Good way to introduce topic. Class discussion on the factors that affected miners diets and the results of this. See Coal House. for further information.
