Contact Details

Ceri Thompson
Industry
Big Pit National Coal Museum

Blaenafon
Torfaen
NP4 9XP

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Phone: +44 (0)29 2057 3660

Staff Name

Ceri Thompson

Job Title

Curator (Coal)

Areas of Responsibility:

Coal mining collections

Qualifications, memberships and relevant positions

G1 Mining Engineering, BA in Welsh History/Welsh Studies.

Research Interests

Women workers in the Welsh coal industry; Eastern European workers in the Welsh coal industry; Cambrian Colliery explosion (1965); medals and presentation items awarded for the Tynewydd Colliery inundation (1877); support groups during the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike.

Selected Publications

Thompson, C. 2015.

GLO: Cambrian Voices
. National Museum Wales.

Thompson, C. 2014. From the Cradle to the Coalmine: The story of children in Welsh Mines. University of Wales Press.

Thompson, C. 2013.

GLO: Big Pit.
National Museum Wales.

Thompson, C. 2012.

GLO: A Cog in the Wheel.
National Museum Wales.

Thompson, C. 2011.

GLO: North Wales – The forgotten coalfield?
National Museum Wales.

Thompson, C. 2010.

GLO: Mineworkers.
National Museum Wales.

Salway, G, Thompson, C. 2010.

The Pithead Baths Story
. National Museum Wales.

Thompson, C. 2009.

GLO: Strike.
National Museum Wales.

Thompson, C. 2008.

GLO: All Poles?
National Museum Wales.

Thompson, C. 2008.

Harnessed: Welsh Colliery Horses
. National Museum Wales.

Thompson, C. 2007.

GLO: NC Bloody B.
National Museum Wales.

Thompson, C. 2005.

GLO: Bevin Boys
. National Museum Wales.

Ford, S., Thompson, C. & Walker, P. 2005. Big Pit: A Guide. National Museum Wales.