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The North Wales Quarrymen, 1874-1922 (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
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The North Wales Quarrymen, 1874-1922 (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
Series: Studies in Welsh History
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Loot Price R437
Discovery Miles 4 370
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On a Saturday morning in November 1865, between 1,200 and 1,500 men
gathered above the small town of Bethesda, to launch a society
which they called the United Society of Welsh Quarrymen. Although
there had been earlier revolts of quarrymen, this was the first
recorded attempt to organise a trade union. The society failed
almost as soon as it was started but an idea had been planted and
despite the most strenuous efforts of its opponents, it was not to
be uprooted. This book is about the struggle of quarrymen to
organise and 'combine' in the slate quarries and mines of North
Wales, and particularly in the giant Penrhyn quarries. It was often
a battle for survival, fought in very distinctive communities, and
the struggle witnessed some of the most bitter and dramatic
disputes in the history of the British working class.
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