Religious life of Welsh mining families
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Welsh mining families going to chapel.
Reconstruction from 1927 - shows Welsh coal mining families in Ebbw Vale getting dressed up and attending chapel on a Sunday.
From: Coal House Omnibus 2
First broadcast : 04 November 2007
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 7-9
Subject : History, Religious Education
Topic : Modern Wales and Britain, Twentieth century world, Worship in Wales
Keywords : Coal industry, Religious worship, Non-conformity, Methodism, Social history
Notes : Can use clip as an exercise to look at differences between the lives of Welsh working people in the 1920's and the present day.A good way to introduce the social history of mining communities. See Coal House.
