Coal Miners - Four Mile Walk to Work
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Miners - a hard walk to work.
Reconstruction from 1927 showing coal miners walking to work. The walk was 4 miles - a hard walk for all but fairly typical of the time. The youngest of the group was 14. Commentary mentions the effects of the price of foreign coal on the price of British coal at the time and the consequences for Welsh miners.
From:
Coal House Omnibus 1
First broadcast
:
28 October 2007
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 11-14,14-16
Subject : History
Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain
Keywords : Coal industry
Notes : Useful when studying miners' lives, the difficulties some miners faced getting to work, the harsh rules etc. Also can explore the uncertainties of the mining industry due to foreign competition etc. See Coal House
