Slogan: Peace, Progress, Prosperity (both sides)
A picture of a miner looking at a colliery plan. He is standing in front of that colliery and the surrounding countryside
Lantern slide. Showing the Aswan. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'Here we have a view of Assouan. In ancient remains Assuan is not very rich though such antiquities as are to be found here are of very consierable interest, only a fraction of the ancient buildings are still to be seen even in the ruins...There are new gardens in Assoun which are actually known to be blooming above the libraries of the past but in contemplating such catastrophies one can attach blame to no-one, except perhaps the archaeologist and the archaeologically interested public who failed to excavate these sites while there was yet time. The new buildings, the new roads these new gardens are healthy signs of modern progress which no sane person could wish to check and no man could hope to regulate.'
Slogan: 1905 led to the victory of the Krasnaya Presna Working Women. Let your heroic struggle herald you victory over capitalism. Long live the proletarian revolution in Great Britain. Long live its skirmishers, the British Miners (back)
A five pointed star above the world which has a hammer and sickle over the front of it. This is surrounded by a wreath of wheat which has a ribbon with Russian writing wrapped around it
Dai Lloyd Davies, Secretary of Mardy Lodge brought the banner back from Moscow. He had accepted it on behalf of the British workers and their wives from the women of Krasnaya Presna, when he’d been in Moscow during the 1926 lockout to acknowledge the financial support given to South Wales miners by the Russians.
It was deposited at the SWML in 1974, having been located in the office of the Communist Party in Cardiff.
Lantern slide. Showing Armant from the river. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'Armant village and the flour factory near Luxor'.
Lantern slide. Showing a relief at the temple of Sety I at Abydos. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. It shows the hall of Ptah-Sokar and Nefertum. This is similar to EC1742.
Lantern slide. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. His notes read 'The Dolorosa. The way of the cross, the second and third stations'. This view is similar to EC1758.
Lantern slide. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. His notes read 'Turkish School at Jerusalem where we spent Christmas of 1917'. This view is similar to EC1767 and EC1801.
Jersey, Middlesex Counties, 1945-1947 season. Thin blue/white hoops with combined Middlesex Counties RFC and Paris team motif on breast. Black number "1" on white rectangle on back.
Jersey, New Zealand, 2015, Black with 'Adidas' logo, 'AIG' sponsor in white. Fern leaf motif and 'All Blacks' on left breast. signed in silver marker pen by 'All Blacks' Rugby World Cup Squad players.
Ireland jersey worn by George V Stephenson. Wales v Ireland at Cardiff Arms Park on 8th March 1924. Green with Irish shamrock emblem on breast and '1924' beneath. No number on back. Front upper half badly faded.
Minutes of a meeting between the President of the Board of Trade and the Miners' Federation of Great Britain held at the Board of Trade, Westminster, Wednesday March 30th 1921.
This extract deals with the government’s plan regarding decontrolling the coal mines. A highly contentious issue which encompassed potential future regulation and the setting of wage protocols, which was becoming rapidly more urgent.
(Pages 14-17)
Slogan: Lest We Forget (both sides)
A yellow circle with a miner's lamp, a leek and a colliery winding tower, depicting the emblem of the National Union of Mineworkers, South Wales Area (back).
Slogan: Peace, Progress, Prosperity (both sides)
A yellow circle with a miner's lamp, a leek and a colliery winding tower, depicting the emblem of the National Union of Mineworkers, South Wales Area
Slogan: Unity is Strength (both sides)
A yellow circle with a miner's lamp, a leek and a colliery winding tower, depicting the emblem of the National Union of Mineworkers, South Wales Area
Lantern slide. Showing the Island of Philae. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'THere we have the huge granite rocks that surround the island of Philae and half way up the watermark can easily be distinguished.'
Slogan: Lest We Forget (both sides)
On the left of the banner are two miners down a mine, and on the right a picture of Will Paynter, NUM (South Wales Area) President. Both pictures are joined to the slogan by chains.
Slogan: Forward to Socialism / Ymlaen i Sosialaeth
Yellow circle with a miner's lamp, a leek and a colliery winding tower, depicting the emblem of the National Union of Mineworkers, (South Wales Area), which is surrounded by a laurel wreath.
Lantern slide. Showing the Karnak temple. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'The ruins of Karnak. This gives one an idea of the size of the place'. This is a similar view to EC1729 and EC1730, EC1731.
Lantern slide. Showing the Hathor temple at Dendera. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'Cleopatra's Temple at Dendera'. On the rear of the temple is a depiction of Cleopatra VII and her son. This is a similar view to EC1738.
Lantern slide. Showing the temple fo Sety I at Abydos. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'The Outer court of the Abydos Temple. The Temple of Seti Ist built about the 12th Dynasty'. Similar view to EC1713 and EC1739.
