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The Rhondda Valley - General Strike and 1930's depression
Memories from a 1965 broadcast recalling the history of the Rhondda valley during the 1926 general strike and of the years of depression during the 1930s which led to widespread poverty. Stories are told of efforts by Rhondda residents to alleviate some of the worst social ills of the period.
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