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What became known as the Tonypandy riots[1] of 1910 and 1911 (sometimes collectively known as the Rhondda riots) were a series of violent confrontations between the striking coal miners and police that took place at various locations in and around the Rhondda mines of the Cambrian Combine, a cartel of mining companies formed to regulate prices ...
Tonypandy is a town in the Rhondda Valley, Wales, with a history of coal mining and riots. Learn about its name, history, sports, governance and notable people.
Nov 3, 2010 · Learn about the violent clashes between striking miners and police in Tonypandy, South Wales, in November 1910. Find out the causes, consequences and legends of the riots that involved Churchill and the troops.
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The coalminers’ strike in the Rhondda Valley grew out of disputes over wage differentials for working hard and soft coal seams and the need for more safety inspections—death rates in the mines had reached the highest level since statistics had been compiled. Up to 30,000 miners struck, and some rioted; local authorities appealed for troops. On Nove...
Nine months later, a national railway strike broke out when rail operators refused to recognize the unions as negotiators. Troops were sent to numerous scenes of disturbances around the country. Throughout this strike, troops had orders to stand by and act only if public security was endangered. Mostly the troops acted with caution, and when they d...
There was another reason why anxiety ran high during the 1911 rail strike. A few weeks earlier, the Germans had sent a gunboat to Agadir, French Morocco. Britain was France’s ally, and rumors of war with Germany were rife. David Lloyd George, insisting that the Agadir Crisis was a threat to peace, declared that the Germans “would not hesitate to us...
The old slanders of Tonypandy were still circulating in the general election campaign of 1950. Speaking at Cardiff, Churchill told his Welsh audience that he had sent police to Tonypandy, with the sole object of preventing bloodshed. He was much criticized, he added, for his “so-called weakness….But I carried my point.” The police had met the strik...
Did Churchill send troops to attack striking coalminers in Wales in 1910? Learn the facts and myths of the Tonypandy riots and how Churchill handled them.
Aug 16, 2011 · Striking miners had convened at their respective pits to express their dissatisfaction and this escalated into the ransacking of the town of Tonypandy. Some 60 shop windows were smashed and looted, the homes of miners’ officials were attacked and one man was killed.
Nov 7, 2022 · Learn about the 1910 strike and riot in the Welsh Rhondda, a clash of forces over coal, wages and power. Read the first of three articles by John Geraint, based on his documentary and book.
Nov 9, 2022 · Learn about the 1910 Cambrian Combine Dispute, a major strike by mid-Rhondda miners against the coal magnate D. A. Thomas. Discover how the dispute influenced the Minimum Wage Act, the Miners' Next Step manifesto and Churchill's reputation.
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