Jersey, England, White with RFU rose motif on left breast. No number on back. Worn by Gloucester and England forward Tom Voyce: Wales v England at St Helen's, 19th January 1924.
Jersey, Scottish Rugby Union Centenary 1973. Scotland/Ireland team. Navy and green hoops with white collar and SRU Centenary badge on breast. White No4 on back. Presented by Mervyn Davies.
Jersey, Wales. 1957. Red with white collar. Red shield with white border: WRU Empire Games Cardiff 1958 embroidered with leek emblem on breast. White No14 on back. Fund-raising match v International XV. Worn by John Faull.
In 1976, the National Union of Mineworkers (South Wales Area) deposited Andrew Turner's dramatic portrayal of the 1921 lockout with the South Wales Miners' Library. The three panels depict solidarity, betrayal and defeat. (Photograph courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum for England from their Andrew Turner exhibition entitled 'The Pits and the Pendulums - Coal Miners versus Free Markets' in 2010).
Photographic portrait of the Honourable Mr Justice Sankey. Sankey was a heroic figure because he recommended coal nationalisation and for that reason his portrait was hung in a place of honour in the South Wales Miners' Federation offices in Cardiff in the 1920s. The portrait is a bequest to the South Wales Miners' Library by the National Union of Mineworkers, South Wales Area.
Recorded memoirs of Ben Davies. Includes his recollections of the 1921 lockout in Ferndale, the fine weather during the strike and the lack of financial support available.
Recorded memoirs of Ben Davies. Includes his recollections of the 1921 lockout in Ferndale, the fine weather during the strike and the lack of financial support available.
Recorded memoirs of Lee Hutchinson. Comments on returning to work after the 1921 lockout and signing new contracts with a reduction in wages, recalls lack of financial assistance and how his family survived on savings, reflects on the support provided by soup kitchens and the Parish. Also remembers the fine weather, playing cricket during the days and cards in the local institute in the evenings.
Recorded memoirs of Lee Hutchinson. Comments on returning to work after the 1921 lockout and signing new contracts with a reduction in wages, recalls lack of financial assistance and how his family survived on savings, reflects on the support provided by soup kitchens and the Parish. Also remembers the fine weather, playing cricket during the days and cards in the local institute in the evenings.
