Coal Miners at Work in 1927
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Coal miners hard at work.
1927 reconstruction of coal miners at work on the surface in a south Wales valleys coal mine. Shows some of the tasks. After a hard day's labour, these miners had to undergo a four mile walk from the pit to home. Commentary describes what happened to miners when they were ill or injured and could not go into work.
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
Notes : Clip useful when discussing miners' pay, how they got paid and how their pay could be affected by illness or injury. A good way to introduce topic. See Coal House
