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"The way we were" exhibition, photograph
Black and white photograph, mounted Photographic copy - Glynhafod Soup Kitchen, group of twenty men with ladles and canisters, during General Strike
Caption from exhibition "Glynhafod School soupKitchen during the 1921 Coal Strike (Scott James). Wayne Thomas interviewed his neighbour, Mr. Mainwaring, who is in his 70's. 'I remember the coal strikes of 1921 and 1926. My father used to go to the tups to look for coal. There was no money, only what they called the parish rate. I remember as a boy going to the soup kitchens. You had to take your own spoon and cup.'" - Sian Williams
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
89.68I/30
Measurements
Length
(mm): 190
Width
(mm): 240
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