Cec Scorer (1904-1994) - Electrical engineer, Aberdare Colliery. Recorded 20 May 1982. Part 1/2.

Cecil Scorer was born in 1906, emigrating to Australia from England in 1911. His father, Joseph Scorer, worked as an engine driver at Abermain.

Cecil Scorer began work as an apprentice electrician for Caledonian Collieries in 1920. He first worked at Aberdare, working in the power station and recalls the make and details of the boilers and generators in the 1920's and the advent of electricity in the 1930s.

In the second part of the interview Mr Rowley Downes describes how his father died in a pit fall at Abermain No.1 Colliery. Mr Downes also worked at this colliery operating the locomotive engines. In the remainder of the interview he recalls his time working at Abermain, fellow workers and colliery staff.