coal industry: end of ww1 Flashcards
1
Q
strikes pre-war
A
-1910 and 1914: industrial problems led to strikes
-1919: war provided temporary economic boom but pre-war problems would resurface
2
Q
end of WW1
A
-mine owners believed demand for coal continue post war
-hoped government would continue to control and keep nationalisation
-sankey commission recommended nationalisation but Lloyd George rejected
3
Q
no coal boom at end of the war
A
-lack of invesment
-british mines narrow and old: high p costs
-former pre-war markets used electricity and oil
-former customers gone elsewhere
