Penrhyn Lock Out
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A 3 year long strike in the slate industry.
Story of the bitter industrial dispute at the Penrhyn slate quarry in 1900, leading to a lockout one year later as the workers struck for a fairer wage. The dispute was not resolved until 1903.
From:
Made in Wales Programme 3
First broadcast
:
28 September 2001
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 11-14
Subject : History
Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain
Keywords : Slate mining, slate industry
Notes : Use clip to look at conditions in the slate quarrying areas in the 1900s. Why was there such a difference between living conditions of the quarry men and their masters? Why was there then a strike in Bethesda? How did the working families live?
