Bethesda Primary Industry - Slate Quarrying

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Work in a cutting room at a slate quarry.

Archive exploring the work involved in a decaying primary industry in north Wales - the slate industry. Dating from 1997,the footage shows a cutting room in a slate factory at the Penrhyn Slate Quarry in Bethesda; shows slates being cut and trimmed by hand and by machine.
From: News Stockshots
First Broadcast : 21 May 1997

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 11-14

Subject : History, Geography

Topic : Twentieth century world, Economic activity, Trade

Keywords : Slate quarrying, traditional industry, slate industry, industrial Wales and Britain,

Notes : Geography topics - Use as part of a unit on Welsh industry ; study of the slate industry. Contrast with the coal industry in South Wales. Illustration of a traditional North Wales industry. History topics - Industrial Wales and Britain, slate industry. No commentary so can use in English or Welsh medium class.

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