Aired Tuesday 18 November,
7:00pm - 7:30pmon BBC Four
Inside Museums
Series 2 Episode 1: The Story of SlateHuw Stephens tells the story of the Welsh slate industry with a visit to the National Slate Museum in Llanberis. It's an extraordinary story of ruthless landlords exploiting whole mountains to make vast profits from what is now Snowdonia National Park. Quarrying slate was a brutal business, and working conditions for the poorly paid men were extremely dangerous. In 1900, the longest industrial dispute in British history started with the Great Penrhyn Strike at the quarry in Bethesda.
- Category
- Documentary / Art
- Original air date
- 04/04/2022
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