The rise and fall of slate
Last updated: 28 November 2006
Phil Carradice from the BBC Radio Wales Pastmasters programme is introduced to the dark and dangerous world of the North West Wales slate quarries.
Dr Dafydd Roberts of the National Slate Museum tells how North West Wales slate roofed the buildings of the industrial revolution.
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Over to Dafydd Dafis, who introduces us to a typical quarryman's day and his tools...
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Gwynfor Pearce Jones and Harry Wyn Owen take us on a tour of old Dorothea Quarry.
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Could you shimmy up a sheer rock face with just a hemp rope wound around your legs?
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A more silent killer, and the rise and fall of fashion...
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