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| Interview of Matthews,Haydn |
| Date: 1980 Location: SWCC : AUD/134 |
| Recorded memoirs of Haydn Matthews,Maerdy and Area Compensation Secretary. Includes his childhood; therelationship between workers and management; integration of Bwllfa and Maerdycollieries; closures meetings in Cambrian Club; attitude of National Union ofMineworkers leadership to closures; disillusionment of the miners; attitude tothe Labour Party during the run-down of the coal industry; support from otherlodges; organisation during the 1972 strike; relationship between police andpickets; unity of the union; and the future of the coalindustry |
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