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Coal and Community in Wales - Richard Williams, Amanda Powell, Owen Sheers

  • Hengwrt 8 Carmarthen Street Llandeilo, Wales, SA19 6AE United Kingdom (map)

£8

A unique perspective on the 1984–85 Miners' Strike from a husband-and-wife team who reported on it in person at the time. Award-winning journalist Powell's revisiting of key events and press photographer Williams' striking images offer an in-depth look at life in the South Wales Coalfield before and after this momentous period, capturing defiance and solidarity against the odds.

Chaired by acclaimed poet and author Owen Sheers.

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Golwg unigryw ar Streic y Glowyr ym Mhrydain yn 1984-85 gan bartneriaeth gŵr a gwraig a sylwebodd ar y digwyddiadau yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw. Mae delweddau trawiadol ffotograffydd y wasg Williams a thestun newyddiadurol Powell yn cynnig mewnwelediad dwfn i fywyd ym Maes Glo De Cymru yn ystod ac yn dilyn y cyfnod tyngedfennol hwn.

Cadeirir gan y bardd a'r awdur clodwiw Owen Sheers.

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