Use of Pit Ponies Underground, 1995
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Use of a pit pony at a mine in Alltwen.
A look back to the use of pit ponies in small Welsh mines, showing a miner leading a pit pony and a pit pony pulling a coal truck at a coal mine in Alltwen. Surprisingly this footage dates from 1995 when it would have been expected that the use of ponies underground would have come to an end.
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First broadcast
:
29 March 1995
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 11-14
Subject : History
Topic : Modern Wales and Britain
Keywords : Coal industry
Notes : Can use clip as part of study into the coal industry. Look at the use of animals underground, particularly ponies. Also can look at the history of small mines in Wales. There is no language in this clip - can be used in lessons in English or Welsh.
