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Mining, Chapel and Political banners (South Wales Miners' Library and Cynon Valley Museum)

A collection of Sunday school, chapel and trade union banners, from the 19th and 20th centuries. Included in this collection is a banner from the Chinese Miners' Union (1955) and four banners promoting devolution in Wales (1999).