Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.
Perfect Partner
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
I Never Knew That About Wales by Christopher Winn
£6.99
|
![Gavin And Stacey : Complete BBC Series 1 [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512FOL6EQGL._SL500_SS90_.jpg)
Gavin And Stacey : Complete BBC Series 1 [2007] DVD ~ Ruth Jones  (34)
£6.98
|
Welsh Valleys Humour (It's Wales) by David Jandrell  (3)
£3.75
|
Wales Epic Views of a Small Country by Jan Morris  (1)
£6.99
|
Wales Grand Slam 2008 Official Review - Collectors Edition DVD ~ Rugby 2008  (11)
£5.98
|
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
| Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links (What is this?) |
Hidden Valley
www.hvcp.co.uk
Award winning holiday home park Winner of best park in Britain 2000
SPA Timesheet Software
www.accsoft.uk.com
Sales Invoicing and Payroll system for Recruitment / Umbrella Agencies
Visit Wales Today
www.VisitWales.co.uk/WelshHolidays
Visit Wales Tourist Board Plan, Book Or Request Brochures Now
Product Description
Product Description
For 35 years this extraordinary collection of photographs remained hidden from the world. Taken around 1971/2, by young photographer Robert Haines, they record life in the Welsh valleys, in the village of Heolgerrig and nearby Merthyr Tydfil. Heolgerrig was a very close-knit community with Welsh the first language. It was a mining community where most of the men worked underground and life seemed to revolve around the pub and the chapel. Merthyr Tydfil, once the Iron Capital of the world, had a justifiable reputation as tough with characters such as hard man, Melvin Webber, who died after being blasted by a shotgun, and Mad Malcolm for whom no chemical substance was too strong. The early Seventies were a time of flux and, looking at these powerful photographs now, many of the extraordinary characters featured seem to have drifted in from a previous century. Haines photographed the local people with enthusiasm and energy. Some he knew well, others were complete strangers. Some spent their days in the pub, others worked underground, living conditions were often very poor. The photographs speak to us today of a world very different to our own.
Synopsis
For 35 years, this extraordinary collection of photographs remained hidden from the world. Taken around 1971/2, by young photographer Robert Haines, they record life in the Welsh valleys, in the village of Heolgerrig and nearby Merthyr Tydfil. Heolgerrig was a very close-knit community with Welsh as the first language. It was a mining community where most of the men worked underground and life seemed to revolve around the pub and the chapel.Merthyr Tydfil, once the 'Iron Capital' of the world, had a justifiable reputation as 'tough' with characters such as hard man, Melvin Webber, who died after being blasted by a shotgun, and 'Mad' Malcolm for whom no chemical substance was too strong. The early Seventies were a time of flux and, looking at these powerful photographs now, many of the extraordinary characters featured seem to have drifted in from a previous century. Haines photographed the local people with enthusiasm and energy. Some he knew well, others were complete strangers. Some spent their days in the pub, others worked underground, where living conditions were often very poor. The photographs speak to us today of a world very different to our own.
See all Product Description
For 35 years this extraordinary collection of photographs remained hidden from the world. Taken around 1971/2, by young photographer Robert Haines, they record life in the Welsh valleys, in the village of Heolgerrig and nearby Merthyr Tydfil. Heolgerrig was a very close-knit community with Welsh the first language. It was a mining community where most of the men worked underground and life seemed to revolve around the pub and the chapel. Merthyr Tydfil, once the Iron Capital of the world, had a justifiable reputation as tough with characters such as hard man, Melvin Webber, who died after being blasted by a shotgun, and Mad Malcolm for whom no chemical substance was too strong. The early Seventies were a time of flux and, looking at these powerful photographs now, many of the extraordinary characters featured seem to have drifted in from a previous century. Haines photographed the local people with enthusiasm and energy. Some he knew well, others were complete strangers. Some spent their days in the pub, others worked underground, living conditions were often very poor. The photographs speak to us today of a world very different to our own.
Synopsis
For 35 years, this extraordinary collection of photographs remained hidden from the world. Taken around 1971/2, by young photographer Robert Haines, they record life in the Welsh valleys, in the village of Heolgerrig and nearby Merthyr Tydfil. Heolgerrig was a very close-knit community with Welsh as the first language. It was a mining community where most of the men worked underground and life seemed to revolve around the pub and the chapel.Merthyr Tydfil, once the 'Iron Capital' of the world, had a justifiable reputation as 'tough' with characters such as hard man, Melvin Webber, who died after being blasted by a shotgun, and 'Mad' Malcolm for whom no chemical substance was too strong. The early Seventies were a time of flux and, looking at these powerful photographs now, many of the extraordinary characters featured seem to have drifted in from a previous century. Haines photographed the local people with enthusiasm and energy. Some he knew well, others were complete strangers. Some spent their days in the pub, others worked underground, where living conditions were often very poor. The photographs speak to us today of a world very different to our own.
See all Product Description