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HANNAH BLYTHYN started our conversation by telling me about growing up in a working-class community in Flintshire, north Wales, and her early trade unionism experience.
“I think like most people in my generation I was probably influenced by the decimation of our traditional industries across north Wales. I had one granddad who worked at the steelworks in Shotton and then my Taid, my other granddad, worked in a colliery.
“I spent a lot of time with my granddad who worked at the steelworks when I was little and he would talk to me about the solidarity of unions, the importance of collectivism and I guess that even as a small child, that really started to seep into my psyche.
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