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Llyfrgell Glowyr De Cymru (LlGDC)

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Casgliad y Baneri

Abercrave Banner

Mae tri deg naw o faneri yn y SWCC. Mae dau ddeg saith ohonynt yn dod o Gyfrinfeydd Undeb Cenedlaethol y Glowyr (Ardal De Cymru), tra bod y deuddeg arall o nifer o wahanol grwpiau. Mae’r rhain yn cynnwys baner gan y Krasnaya Presna Working Women a ddygwyd yn ôl o’r Undeb Sofietaidd gan ddirprwyaeth o lowyr dan arweiniad A J Cooke ym 1927, a baner gan ddirprwyaeth o lowyr Tsieineaidd.

Mae'r baneri wedi'u gwneud o amrywiaeth o ddeunyddiau, yn amrywio o sidan a melfed i blastig a hyd yn oed cynfas gwely ysbyty. Maent yn amrywio o ran maint; o'r mwyaf yn mesur 247 x 274cm, y lleiaf yn 22 x 30cm.

Rhestr Baneri

Mae'r rhestr wedi'i strwythuro fel bod holl faneri'r NUM yn cael eu rhestru yn gyntaf, a'r baneri gan gyrff eraill wedi'u rhestru nesaf. Dylid nodi nad yw llawer o'r baneri hyn yn perthyn i'r Brifysgol, ond eu bod wedi'u gosod yn garedig yno gan yr NUM (Ardal De Cymru).

Oriel Baneri - Llyfrgell Glowyr De Cymru

Werntarw Lodge - BAN/25

Slogan: Unity is Strength (both sides)
A yellow circle with a miner's lamp, a leek and a colliery winding tower, depicting the emblem of the National Union of Mineworkers, South Wales Area (back)
This was the first Trade Union Banner to appear on the picket line outside Pentonville Jail in support of the five dockers leaders imprisoned in July 1972.

1958.

Blaengwrach Lodge - BAN/4

Slogan: Stand Firm in Unity
A picture of Will Paynter (front)
Two miners working down a mine, one of whom is pulling a lever to operate some machinery (back).

Ferndale Lodge - BAN/9

Slogan: Forward to Unity
A picture of a miner, wearing a flat cap, working down a mine drilling into a coal seam.

1940 (c).

Cambrian Lodge - BAN/6

Slogan: Onward to Socialism and the Liberation of Mankind (front)
Slogan: Educate, Organise, Agitate (back)
A miner drilling underground in front of a panoramic view of a colliery and the surrounding village and countryside (front)
A yellow circle with a miner's lamp, a leek and a colliery winding tower, depicting the emblem of the National Union of Mineworkers, South Wales Area (back).

1956 (c).

Bargoed Surface Lodge - BAN/3

Slogan: Peace and Prosperity (front and back)
A picture of a family (mother, father, son and daughter) walking through the countryside on a sunny day (front)
A yellow circle with a miner's lamp, a leek and a colliery winding tower, depicting the emblem of the National Union of Mineworkers, South Wales Area (back).

Wernos Lodge - BAN/24

Slogan: An Injury To One Is The Concern Of All
The slogan is from the American "Wobblies", an early twentieth century Marxist/Syndicalist labour movement. There is an inscription on the bottom right-hand corner 'Sutton G C G'.

1945 (c).

Gelli Lodge - BAN/11

Slogan: A J Cook From Obscurity To Respect
A large picture of A J Cook in the middle. In the top left-hand corner there is an intertwined pick and shovel, and in the top right-hand corner there is a colliery winding tower (both sides).

1926 (c).

NUM South Wales Area - BAN/17

Slogan: Forward to Socialism / Ymlaen i Sosialaeth
At the top of the banner is a picture of a colliery and the surrounding area, including a public house called The Dragon. Below left is a picture of an old fashioned miner with a miner's lamp and pick. Below right is a modern miner with a mechanical drill and an electric lamp. Between the two miners is a mine. Bottom centre a yellow circle with a miner's lamp, a leek and a colliery winding tower, depicting the emblem of the National Union of Mineworkers, (South Wales Area), which is surrounded by a laurel wreath (back).

1954.

Deep Navigation Lodge - BAN/7

Slogan: This banner was designed by a local school and incorporates the imagery of racial equality, internationalism and socialism. There are several stickers attached to this banner relating to the 1982 miners' strike, and other strikes (both sides).

1982 (c).