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  • Photographed by John Cornwell.
Site of pithead baths, Big Pit, Blaenvon, 1936
  • Before colliery baths a tub in front of the fireplace was the common practice. The water had to be boiled on the hob in a bucket and shared by the entire family working in the colliery. The Merthyr Express of June 24th 1916 proudly announced the new Treharris pit-head baths as the finest in the kingdom. The baths, first erected in South Wales, were the results of visits to France, Belgium and Germany by workmen and employers. The men's bathroom contained 70 shower baths and a further 16 in the boy's section. A well equipped and convenient ambulance room was also under the same roof in order to facilitate the treatment of injured men. Source: Merthyr Tydfil Public Library (1997)
Interior of the Deep Navigation Baths, Treharris, 1916
  • Ron Davies is an Aberaeron-born photographer who is known for his images of the landscapes and people of Wales.
Photograph by Ron Davies (Aberaeron) from the series 'One Day at the National Colliery, Porth, 1959'
  • Three-quarter length portrait of a miner showering, washing coal dust out of his hair.
'In the Showers' by Jack Crabtree, 1978 (oils)