Author: Jonathan SkidmorePublisher:
ISBN: 9781999639402
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Neath and Briton Ferry in the First World War
Author: Jonathan SkidmorePublisher:
ISBN: 9781999639402
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Great Western Railway in the First World War
Author: Sandra GittinsPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750962569
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In August 1914 the GWR was plunged into war, the like of which this country had never experienced before. Over the years that followed life changed beyond measure, both for the men sent away to fight and the women who took on new roles at home. Not since 1922 has the history of the GWR in the First World War been recorded in a single volume. Using modern data-bases and enjoying greater access to archives, Sandra Gittins has been able to produce a complete history which traces the GWR from the early, optimistic days through the subsequent difficult years of the Great War, including Government demands for war manufacture, increased traffic and the tragic loss of staff. From GWR ships and ambulance trains to the employment of women, every part of the story is told, including the saddest of all, which is represented by a Roll of Honour.
Not in Our Name
Author: Philip AdamsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780993067112
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A compelling account of the impact of World War One on Briton Ferry, an industrial town in south Wales. Using material from the period, Philip Adams builds a story of resistance to military conscription and war, which involves not only the inhabitants, but also the leading politicians, suffragettes and philosophers of the period.
Workhouses of Wales and the Welsh Borders
Author: Peter HigginbothamPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750999780
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
A survey in 1776 recorded almost 2,000 parish workhouses operating in England, while the number in Wales was just nineteen. The New Poor Law of 1834 proved equally unattractive in much of Wales – some parts of the country resisted providing a workhouse until the 1870s, with Rhayader in Radnorshire being the last area in the whole of England and Wales to do so. Our image of these institutions has often been coloured by the work of authors such as Charles Dickens, but what was the reality? Where exactly were these workhouses located – and what happened to them? People are often surprised to discover that a familiar building was once a workhouse. Revealing locations steeped in social history, Workhouses of Wales and the Welsh Borders is a comprehensive and copiously illustrated guide to the workhouses that were set up across Wales and the border counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. It provides an insight into the contemporary attitudes towards such institutions as well as their construction and administration, what life was like for the inmates, and where to find their records today.
Railways and Industry on the Vale of Neath
Author: John HodgePublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1399031414
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
This book covers the Vale of Neath line, the eastern portion of which was originally the Taff Vale Extension line, opened in the mid 19th Century, and taking in all the locations in this first book. It was unique in South Wales railway history as it was the only line running east to west across several of the valley lines which ran north to south, with connecting junctions into and from each. The line was famous for the iconic Crumlin Viaduct, hailed as one of the best examples of technological achievement during the Industrial Revolution and lasting 107 years until the line was closed as a through route in 1964. The line ran through several important valley towns, creating need for High Level and Low Level stations at several locations. The standard gauge Taff Vale Extension originally ran as far as Mountain Ash where it met and amalgamated with the broad gauge Vale of Neath line from Neath to Aberdare and Merthyr, locations that will be dealt with in future volumes. Fortunately the line was well photographed as the coverage given to each location will show.
Transactions
Author: Neath Antiquarian SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Contains some interesting articles that cover The Neath river tunnel; Ships of Old Neath, Neath Abbey and Briton Ferry; The Parsons family of Clydach-on-Tawe; Neath & District soldiers of both WWI and WWII with a short biographical discription of each soldier.
Into Touch
Author: Nigel McCreryPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1781590877
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Many thousands of men died during the Great War. They came from every place and class. The very cream of the Nation joined up thinking it a great adventure but, all too often, never returned. This book is dedicated to the memory of an elite few of such men the Rugby Internationals who fell in The Great War. Among the hundreds of thousands who served and died for their country were one hundred and thirty Rugby Internationals.??To place the loss of these men in perspective, it is important to appreciate that Rugby Union was, arguably, bigger in its day than soccer is today. It attracted men from every walk of life. Many became national icons just as David Beckham and Wayne Rooney are now. These were men whose names were common currency in almost every household in Britain; men who were widely admired and emulated.??Yet their physical strength, fitness, prowess and courage made these heroes no less vulnerable to enemy bullets, shells and mines than their less celebrated comrades-in-arms. One hundred years on, the Author decided that any player who perished, whether he had won a single cap for his country or a hundred, would be included within this book.??Into Touch encapsulated the magnitude of a generation's sacrifice. Thanks to the Author's research into these players' service for their country, both on the playing field and battlefield, it will fascinate all with an interest in The Great War and, most particularly, those with a love for The Glorious Game and its history.??As featured in the Cardiff Times and Derby Telegraph.
Restaging the Past
Author: Angela BartiePublisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1787354059
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Restaging the Past is the first edited collection devoted to the study of historical pageants in Britain, ranging from their Edwardian origins to the present day. Across Britain in the twentieth century, people succumbed to ‘pageant fever’. Thousands dressed up in historical costumes and performed scenes from the history of the places where they lived, and hundreds of thousands more watched them. These pageants were one of the most significant aspects of popular engagement with the past between the 1900s and the 1970s: they took place in large cities, small towns and tiny villages, and engaged a whole range of different organised groups, including Women’s Institutes, political parties, schools, churches and youth organisations. Pageants were community events, bringing large numbers of people together in a shared celebration and performance of the past; they also involved many prominent novelists, professional historians and other writers, as well as featuring repeatedly in popular and highbrow literature. Although the pageant tradition has largely died out, it deserves to be acknowledged as a key aspect of community history during a period of great social and political change. Indeed, as this book shows, some traces of ‘pageant fever’ remain in evidence today.
The Workhouse Encyclopedia
Author: Peter HigginbothamPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752477196
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
This fascinating, fully illustrated volume is the definitive guide to every aspect of the workhouse and of the poor relief system in which it played a pivotal part. Compiled by Peter Higginbotham, one of Britain's best-known experts on the subject, this A-Z cornucopia covers everything from the 1725 publication An Account of Several Work-houses to the South African Zulu admitted to Fulham Road Workhouse in 1880. With hundreds of fascinating anecdotes, plus priceless information for researchers including workhouse locations throughout the British Isles, useful websites and archive repository details, maps, plans, original workhouse publications and an extensive bibliography, it will delight family historians and general readers alike. Where was my local workhouse? What records did they keep? What is gruel and is it really what inmates lived on? How did you get out of a workhouse? What famous people were once workhouse inmates? Are there any workhouse buildings I can visit? If these are the kinds of questions you've ever wanted to know the answer to, then this is the book for you.
The Building Industry in the Upper Swansea Valley and Its Economic and Social Ramifications, C. 1750-1975
Author: Robert Owen RobertsPublisher: Edwin Mellen Press
ISBN: 9780773477889
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This study starts with the economic history of the Upper Swansea Valley, including an account of the provision of the canal, tramroads and railways which made possible the extensive exploitation of the mineral resources of the district by firms large and small.