John On The Rhondda

Tonypandy Riots!


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November, 1910. From Porth to Ystrad, every colliery is at a standstill. 12,000 mid-Rhondda miners are on strike. But their efforts to secure a living wage for themselves and their families are being frustrated by the Chief Constable of Glamorgan, the Metropolitan Police, the Lancashire Fusiliers, the 18th Hussars and Winston Churchill. It’s going to be a Riot.

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John On The RhonddaBy John Geraint Roberts


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