The Cambrian Combine Dispute of 1910-11 cost mid-Rhondda colliers £1million in lost wages, and ended when they were starved back to work for not a halfpenny more than was on offer before the lockout began. The deployment of Metropolitan Police and the British Army was crucial to the outcome. But who were the real victors? The 'Tonypandy Riots' bequeathed a legacy - in the trades union movement, in parliamentary legislation and in the strength of the bonds forged in the community itself - worthy of the sacrifice and courage shown by the 12,000 miners and their families.