Happy Christmas from the Coal Trimmers.

Thanks for all your information, stories and photos this year, it’s been amazing to keep alive the memories.

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Picture shows Coal Trimmers walking out in a rank and file movement past the Cory Building on Bute Place.

ln 1911 the Coal Trimmers came out on strike in sympathy of the Seaman’s strike which had spread from Liverpool to Cardiff. It was the only strike that the Coal Trimmers came out for as they managed to negotiate agreeable outcomes through their Union. #coaltrimmers #coaltrimmersunion