Coal Miners - A Woman's Work

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Women's work in the coal industry.

Reconstruction of miners' lives from 1927 showing the life of miners' wives in the house - they are shown washing clothes, cleaning the cottages and collecting water from the standpipe.
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 : Use to introduce the topic of women's roles in a mining community. Clip is useful to show their daily hardship, the difficulties with the lack of amenities, and how the community had to work together.See coal house

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