Dissertation Medal Winner 2017
This study of 19th century barrack dwelling slate quarrymen in North-West Wales documents the physical structures, collating fieldwork and archival data, and the wider social sphere through newspapers, poetry and accounts of social history. The family home, weekly commute, weekend family and rural subsistence livelihood was a stark contrast to the quarry, with bleak conditions and back-breaking work, yet cultural and political opportunities unavailable in rural domestic life.
Tutor(s)
Harry Charrington