Eight Welsh Singing Miners

[brianblaenboy]

I've tried to find out more about this but have failed - so, in my humble opinion, as many of you have a better knowledge of the past, I'll pose the question:-

My grandfather - EVAN JOHN EVANS, former fireman at No 2 & 5 Pits in his time (I think that's right) was listed as being one of the original - and they went round the country raising money for the striking miners - does anyone have any idea if this is true? The information I have was listed on his obituary in 1952.

Iechydd

[Becca54]

I have a photograph of 7 singing colliers, my grandfather (Thomas John Jones aka Tommy Becca) is one of them, you you think it might be the same people ?

How do you insert a photograph on your post ?

[Becca54]

Photograph disabled

[brianblaenboy]

As I recall my grandfather, he always had a moustache, and he was tall. None of those in the picture look like the photo I have of him which is around the 1930's. There was something called "EIGHT WELSH MINERS IN A COAL MINE - A NOVELTY ACT - SCREAMING COMEDY COMBINED WITH GOOD SINGING" and between March 1924 (starting with Ferndale) to October 1924, they toured the country including Belfast; Dublin; North East; North West. The trouble is I have no way of knowing who these 8 men were.

[JohnPitt]

Here are "Six Welsh Miners from the Rhondda fach who toured the country during the 20's ..." but who are they??