Will Paynter - Miners' Leader
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Speech by Will Paynter, NUM president, on cut- backs in the coal industry in the 1960's.
1968 Miners Gala, with a speech by Porth born Will Paynter, president of the coal miners union, the NUM, on the cut- backs in the coal industry throughout the 1960's with archive pictures of Rhondda pits.
From:
Week In Week Out Will Paynter
First broadcast
:
13 June 1969
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 11-14,14-16
Subject : History
Topic : History of Wales and England 1880-1980, Industrial Wales and Britain, Twentieth century world
Keywords : Politics and economy, Coal industry, NUM, Rhondda
Notes : Suitable for looking at the coal industry - explore the history of the NUM and coal mines in the Rhondda. Paynter was born in the Rhondda - investigate other union leaders with roots in the Rhondda valley.
