Welsh Collier Family 1873

Front cover of The Illustrated London News, 18th January 1873. Showing the living conditions of Welsh colliers during the strike in South Wales. The interior of the cottage appears to be one room which is crowded with a woman doing the laundry, another sitting with two children and a dog, and a man standing with his colliery pickaxe

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