Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

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Volume Eight - Pre-Victorian to the present day - more aspects - Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Coaltrimmers' Union . . .

A lapel badge of the Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Coal Trimmers Union.

Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Coaltrimmers' Union - This chapter provides an overview of the history of the Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Coaltrimmers Union which was formed in 1888 initially as the Cardiff and Penarth Coal Trimmers Protection and Benefit Association.

With the opening of Barry Dock in 1889 the support of the Barry coal trimmers was actively encouraged. It was incorporated into the Trades Union Congress (TUC) shortly after it affiliated with the Cardiff Trades Council in 1897.

left: A lapel badge of the Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Coal Trimmers Union held at the People's History Museum at Manchester. © People’s History Museum. [453]

Banner of the Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Coaltrimmers' Association - Penarth Branch.

The great London Docks strike of 1889 led two east Londerers, H. Llewellyn Smith and Vaughan Nash to write the 'Story of the Dockers' Strike' the following year in which they frame the mood of many of our National labour force stating:-

'A great awakening has come all over the country, labour is reorganising itself and the spirit of unionism is extending to many trades - skilled and unskilled - to which it had never been successfully applied.'

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