<p>Did Winston Churchill send troops to confront unarmed civilians involved in an industrial dispute in mid-Rhondda in 1910? Churchill and his family have always claimed that he held the army back. So what's the truth about the 'Tonypandy Riots'?</p>

Did Winston Churchill send troops to confront unarmed civilians involved in an industrial dispute in mid-Rhondda in 1910? Churchill and his family have always claimed that he held the army back. So what's the truth about the 'Tonypandy Riots'?

Tonypandy Riots! part two

From the Valley that fuelled the world with its coal, and a community with a thirst for fair play and fair shares – John Geraint Roberts brings us places, people and ideas that lit up a famous past and can help shape a better future.

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Tonypandy Riots! part two

Tonypandy Riots! part two