From the Cradle to the Coalmine - The Story of Children in Welsh Mines — The Story of Children in Welsh Mines

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Cyfrol hygyrch wedi ei darlunio'n llawn mewn du-a-gwyn, yn adrodd hanesion plant a phobl ifanc a fu'n gweithio ym mhyllau glo de Cymru o ganol y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg hyd y 1980au.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

This is an accessible, fully illustrated book in black-and-white, telling the story of the children and young people who worked in the Welsh coalfields from the mid-nineteenth century until the 1980s.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Chronology of Important Dates Introduction Child Miners: The 1842 Commission Collier Boys: The coal boom, 1850s to the 1920s Mining Trainees: From depression to nationalisation, 1920s to the 1980s Child Miners Today

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Ceri Thompson is Curator of the Coal mining collections, Amgueddfa Cymru, and was formerly a coal face worker at Cwm Colliery.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

It is widely believed that the employment of children underground in coal mines ended in 1842. This book, in contrast, shows that young people remained an important part of the workforce up until the virtual demise of the industry in the late twentieth century. The Children's Employment Commission was established in 1840 to expose the conditions under which children had to work underground; as we might expect, public opinion was outraged by what came to light, and a law was passed to prevent all females and boys under the age of ten from working underground. However, the lack of inspectors made the law difficult to enforce, and many females and boys under ten continued to work illegally until Parliament made school attendance compulsory in the 1860s. This popular and accessible book is a rich source of information about the working lives of children and young people in the Welsh coalfields, richly illustrated to include extensive work from Amgueddfa Cymru's photographic archives.