Summary
It was a momentous year for the working classes in Cwmfelinfach where mining history was made. Coal owners out to beat the South Wales Miners Federation with their own tame union forced the first 'staydown' strike.
Men at Nine Mile Point Colliery stayed below at shift's end and 1,000 miners in pits at Risca and Crosskeys joined them, 25,000 others striking in support.See the full content of this document
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Sunshine Out of Darkness
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