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2 unusual facts about Jim Griffiths


Jim Griffiths

He remained in Parliament until 1970 and was succeeded by Denzil Davies.

At age 29, he left the colliery on a miner's scholarship to the Central Labour College, London, On returning home he worked as Llanelly Labour Party agent, between 1922–1925, before becoming an agent for the Anthracite Miners' Association, 1925–1936, and President of the powerful Miners' Federation of South Wales – The Fed – in the Anthracite district of West Wales between 1934–1936.



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