Closure of Mardy Colliery

Title

Closure of Mardy Colliery

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Music

TX Date

27 Dec 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:45

Description

Sally Johnson reporting on the closure of Mardy Colliery, the last remaining colliery in the Rhondda Valleys. Includes reaction from NUM lodge chairman Mike Richards; vox pop with locals including miner Eric Price on the adverse legacy of mining on men’s health and the environment. Includes Welsh choir singing Bread of Heaven.

Contributors

Sally Johnson; Mike Richards; Eric Price

Keywords

Health; Coal mining; Wales; Coal miners; Coal mines; Coal mine accidents; Mine closures; Redundancies; Mardy Colliery

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