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Articles: The 20th Century

A block of Crown Patent Fuel.
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Fuelling Antarctic exploration: The Crown Patent Fuel Company in Cardiff

23 July 2010
Departure of Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition aboard the Terra Nova on 15th June 1910 (b/w photo)
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Captain Scott sails from Cardiff

9 June 2010
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Welsh miners digging for victory on the Western Front

1 October 2009
Police and pickets at Nantgarw Colliery
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The Miners' Strike - 1984-85

23 September 2009
Dinorwic Quarry, Llanberis: buildings and workforce, 1896.
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Dinorwig '69: End of the line for one of the largest slate quarries in the world

22 August 2009
Strike poster
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Strike! Interviews

22 May 2009
Collecting money outside Maesteg Co-op. Image: Dorothea Heath
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The Miners Strike of 1984

12 March 2009
Claude Monet (1840–1926), San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight, oil on canvas, 1908.
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From Industry to Impressionism – what two sisters did for Wales

1 January 2009
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Working Abroad - Welsh Emigration: Steel

19 September 2008
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A Rhondda rebel song - lyrics discovered from first hunger march in Wales

27 August 2008
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