| Ref No | MS 4000/5/2/7/37a |
| Title | Sound recording of South Wales Miners Library (SWML) actuality 'The New Dimension' with discussion of miners strikes and trade union activity and life in the Welsh mining communities to the 1972 miners strike |
| Level | File |
| Date | 15 November 1975 |
| Description | Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 19.03 Description of track: Male talking about the trade unions marching into Saltley Gate gas works and getting it closed in support of the National Union of Mineworkers 1972 strike; females and males talking about life in the mining communities of South Wales, structure of the trade unions, threat of pit closures in the 1960s and the threat that striking would encourage pit closures; discussion covers period
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 2.23 Description of track: Miner's wives talk about enjoying their own jobs and the need of the money; hard life washing the colliers working clothes
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 9.17 Description of track: Males talk about the poor wages in the industry and describe their work in the pits
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 9.45 Description of track: Male talks about the meeting of all the trade unions in South Wales at the beginning of their miners strike [1972]
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 10.50 Description of track: Silent track
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 9.36 Description of track: Untitled musical and singing performance (c2 mins of silence at end of track)
Total duration: (min/sec): 60.54 |
| Related Material | See written documentation on lectures and courses given by Charles Parker at MS 4000/1/3
See also written documentation on the 1976 Banner Theatre production of 'The Saltley Gate Show' a dramatic version of the march on Saltley Gate in support of the 1972 miners' strike (MS 4000/2/152) |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number NF220 T092 3674
Original tape:
Size: 7" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 02/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |