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Mary talks about her grandmother's determination to keep her family together when her husband was killed underground.
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MY GRAN
By Mary Williams
A woman's determination to keep her family together after her husband is killed underground. Long before the miner's strike of 1984, Mary's widowed grandmother was demonstrating for the right to work. But the Blaenavon coal company didn't employ women, so she chained herself to the company railings.

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Title:
MY GRAN
Contributor:
Mary Williams
Length:
3.29 mins
Date:
20 Feb 2009
Source:
Video Nation UK
Region:
England - South West
Location:
Wales
Categories:
Identity
Memories


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