Welsh History Podcast

At the height of Wale's economic power King Coal ran much of the Welsh valleys. But that success came at a price and we are going to talk about the negligence that led to the Senghenydd mining disaster.

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Claudius may have accepted all the surrenders and made his way back to Rome but there was still a lot of work to do. And it was just the beginning.

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It was at a time when many were considering with concern the role of children in society and protecting them from having to work early in life. With it came a new sense that literacy was critical in this new age.

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A little belated but it has been 10 years since I started the podcast so I wanted to chat about it.

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From 1890 to 1913 Wales saw a revolution in the classroom. As education into secondary schools were advancing for the first time for middle class and lower class students.

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