Slate Quarrying Archive from Blaenau Ffestiniog

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1968 footage of the Oakley Slate Quarry Works and the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog.

1968 archive of the Oakley Slate Quarry Works and the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog showing an old primary industry. Shows the slate being cut by hand, work in the quarry and men talking in the caban where they met for meals etc.
From: Check Up 1: Welsh Way of Life
First Broadcast : 19 November 1968

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 11-14,14-16

Subject : History, Geography

Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain, Economic activity

Keywords : Slate quarrying, Archive, Heritage industry, Traditional industry, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Caban, Welsh industry, Industries of Wales

Notes : Geography topics ( KS3 , KS4) - Use as part of a unit on Welsh industry - contrast with the coal mines of South Wales. Illustration of traditional industries of north Wales. History topic - industrial Wales and Britain ( KS3 and KS4).

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