| Description | Ben Davies, a miner from Wales, talks to Charles Parker.
Track 1: Ben Davies talks about a group of miners' reaction to 'The Big Hewer'. Charles Parker asks whether the miners have learnt any of the songs from 'The Big Hewer' and asks why choirs have not learnt them, 4.03 mins
Track 2: Charles Parker asks whether 'The Big Hewer' is still valid - Ben Davies says it is. He talks about changes in mining and mechanisation leading to miners being made redundant, 4.16 mins
Track 3: test tone, 0.26 mins
Track 4: He says he would like to go back down the pit to see the new machines at work and talks about redundancy, 1.16 mins
Track 5: Charles Parker asks whether changes in the industry has 'proletarianised' the miner - this track ends abruptly, 1.21 mins
Track 6: Charles Parker and two unnamed men talk about modern music and 'consumable' television and radio, which destroys intelligent perception, 4.48 mins
Track 7: Ben Davies talks to Charles Parker about the Saltley Gate strike, new machinery that makes mining more economical, the struggle for better conditions and wages. He says that he would like to visit a modern mine, 4.45 mins
Track 8: He talks about the comparison between the 'slogger' and the Big Hewer, and says that miners used to take pride in their craft, but there is no pride now, since the machines have come, and says that the Big Hewer has been transformed into the 'slogger'. They discuss the role of the Big Hewer today and how it might be applied, 4.45 mins
Track 9: They talk about solidarity in the mines and 'proletarianism', the importance of making the Big Hewer relevant today, 4.30 mins
Track 10: He talks about his redundancy, 2.15 mins
Total: 32.29 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0431380 |