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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
A group photograph with Will Paynter at the centre and Mr Davies in the front row on the right. Dai Coity Davies spent his entire life in the mining industry of South Wales, firstly as an underground worker at Wern Tarw (Pencoed), then as a full time official of the Wales area of the National Union of Miners. He was elected to the Area Executive of the union in 1955 and became compensation secretary, a post he held until his death on 14th May 1980 at the age of 63.