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Welsh industry & economy Flashcards

1
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What is slate used for?

A

roofing, fencing, writing slates, gravestones, billard tables, blackboards

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Biggest owner of Slate Quarries in the 19/20thc (NORTH)

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Penhryn
The Pennant family

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Biggest owner of Slate Quarries in the 19/20thc (SOUTH)

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Dinorwic
The Asheton-Smith family

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What is “caban”?

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Hut where quarrymen met during lunch hour,
during which they would do competitions (song, poetry, knowledge)
+discussions of trade union affairs

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identify quarrymen (lang, culture, religion, politics)

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QUARRYMEN:
Welsh, nonconformists, Liberal Party

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identify Quarry owners

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QUARRY OWNERS
English, Anglicans, Tory Party

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Quarry dispute of 1874

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no single cause, fight for rights, wages

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The Dinorwic dispute of 1885-6

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caused by deteroriating conditions, falling wages, caused lockout of quarrymen

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Dispute of Penrhyn 1896-7

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Caused by downturn of trade, wages, the quarrymen lost

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Causes of the Penrhyn lockout (1900-1903)

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attempts to limit their independence, system of contracting, 14 men dispute +suspension

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Outcomes of the 1900-1903 Penrhyn Lockout

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Slate industry never recovers
Important for the community

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13
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“Queen of our literature”

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Kate Roberts

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14
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Author of “Un Nos Ola Leuad”

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Caradog Pritchard

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15
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When did the slate bussines fall?

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-1WW, the production ceased
-after 2WW became unimportant

16
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Where in Wales is coal

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AT THE VERY SOUTH, a lil in the north (east border)

17
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Tonypandy riots

A

1910-1911

18
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Explain the sliding scale
(coal-mining)

A

system of payment based on the amount of coal mined, the price on the market

19
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Causes of the Tonypandy (1910-11) riots

A

-wages
-new coal seam at Ely was harder to work than expected

20
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outcomes of the Tonypandy riots (1910-11)

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-strengthening the miners’ unions
-support for nationalisation of the mines

21
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explain black-legs and black-legging

A

employing non-union labour

22
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The depression in the coal industry

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1920-30s

23
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Post WW2 social changes

A

secularisation, weakening of the pacifist tradition

24
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Post WW2 political changes

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nationalisation of railways, coal & steel, importance of light industries

25
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Aberfan disaster (DATE)

A

1966

26
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the miners’ strike

A

1984-1985
many support groups
illegal strike

27
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consequences of the miners’ strike of 1984-1985

A

closure of pits, unemployment, poverty, economic decline

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