Photograph entitled: ‘Miner and wife and children at mealtime’, 1938. This photograph is part of a collection showing ‘Housing and living conditions’ for workers in British coalmines, Catalogue ref: COAL 80/2062/11
This miner worked at the Penallta Colliery near Hengoed in the Rhymney Valley in South Wales.
Look at the photograph.
- Can you describe the people in the photograph?
- Where are they photographed?
- What are they doing?
- How different is this meal to mealtimes today?
- How is the room furnished and decorated?
- How different is it from today?
- How is this room heated?
- How do you think this family washed their clothes?
- How do you think they spent their free time?
- What things could help us to date this photograph?