Pit Ponies
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Coal mining in the 1960's.
Archive from the 1960's showing coal mining practises underground in a mine in the Rhymney valley - includes work with pit ponies, use of a coal tram and a miner working with a drill.
From:
Welsh Landscape: Valleys: Rhymney
First broadcast
:
31 January 1968
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 11-14
Subject : History
Topic : Modern Wales and Britain
Keywords : Coal industry, Pit ponies, Underground,
Notes : Has English commentary, but might be better played without sound. Clip looks at coal mining in the 1960s - can compare with work underground before this time and modern practises. Compare with Coal Mining in Tower Colliery which looks at coal mining in the 1990s.
