Rent Collector
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Reconstruction showing the rent collector collecting rent from coal miners' wives.
Most miners lived in rented accomodation in 1927 so the arrival of the rent collector was a source of worry for coal miners' families; the coal industry was declining and pits were being closed. If the men were at work this fell to the wives at home. This reconstruction shows the process and the worry.
From:
Coal House Omnibus 2
First broadcast
:
04 November 2007
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 7-9
Subject : History
Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain
Keywords : Coal industry, History of women,
Notes : Good clip to show the hardships of life for Welsh working class familes in the 1920's. Can use to show similiarities and differences between 1920's life and other historical periods in Wales. See Coal House for more information.
