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Interview of Williams, DavidRonald |
Date: 1981 Location: SWCC : AUD/115 |
Recorded memoirs of Ron Williams,Abernant Lodge Secretary. Includes his social life and activities; his fathersinjury in the mine; discipline within Steer Pit; left mining industry in 1955for army service in Malaya and Sarawak; worked as a fitter on the surface andunderground; his opinion that retreat mining should have been employed inAbernant Colliery; changes in Abernant Colliery due to influx of outsiders;support during the 1972 and 1974 strikes; relations between union andmanagement; his appointment as Lodge Secretary; NUM regional meetings; and thelack of support for the steel workers |
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