Glo - people's history online COAL magazine, produced by the National Coal Board from May 1947. It later became COAL NEWS. All issues of the magazine Glo are now available on this site.The style of Glo is based on the photojournalistic magazine Picture Post and compliments the excellent St Fagans publication Homefront, which commemorated Welsh life during the Second World War.Glo is also similar in appearance to COAL, the National Coal Board's magazine, first published in 1947.Glo can best be described as a 'people's history' magazine; people are asked to contribute their own views, images and experiences of a particular topic.A selection of stories and images from the magazines are also available on Rhagor as individual articles, each linking to the relevant issue of Glo.Issues are available to download below. Bevin Boys [PDF 5MB] 'Bevin Boys': Conscription into the mines during the Second World War Glo: 'N C bloody B' [PDF 7 MB] 'NC-Bloody-B' The nationalization of the coal industry All Poles [PDF 2MB] 'All Poles?' Foreign workers in the Welsh coal fields The Miners Strike of 1984 [PDF 2.6 MB] 'Strike!' The 1984/5 Miners' Strike Minreworkers [PDF 4.8 MB] Mineworkers The forgotten coalfield? [PDF 2MB] North Wales: The Forgotten Coalfield? A Cog in the Wheel [PDF 2.4MB] A Cog in the Wheel Big Pit [PDF 5.4MB] Big Pit When Dai Became Tommy [PDF 5MB] When Dai became Tommy Glo issue 10: Cambrian Voices [PDF 2.2MB] Cambrian Voices Laughter and Tears [PDF 7.1MB] Laughter and Tears Comments - (2) Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience. Sara Huws Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales Staff 18 September 2017, 08:30 Hi there Laura Thanks for your enquiry. I will ask our curator and get back to you - it really is a great publication! Best wishes Sara Digital Team Laura O'Dowd 10 September 2017, 00:02 Hi, is it possible to order paper copies of any of the glo coal magazines please? I'm happy to pay for them. Many thanks, Laura
