gonetoearth 5,144 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Unsung heros. Today got the recognition they deserve without them tanks ,planes and all other armaments would have run dry The part they played was forgotten for many years Respect to all the old fellas who dug coal during ww2. 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spade 224 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Just watching about it on the news now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 29,175 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Saw a documentary on them a while a go now,,, most of them hated doing it,,, they wanted to go and fight in the army. But as you say respect to them,,, mind come to that any fecker that worked downt Pitt ,,,, what a fecking hole, pardon the pun, 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,803 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Like the guys that did the convoys to Russia its about time .The war was fought on many fronts & being down a pit must have been as hard as it gets .Respect . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 No choice, if you N.I. number ended in 0 or a 5 you were destined for the pit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C Hall 552 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Respect to them, the coal mines pits needed to be worked to keep industry running. Both my grandfathers were miners, one served in the navy in ww2 then back down the pit. Both died in there early 50s which the pit was to blame for chest problems etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 No choice, if you N.I. number ended in 0 or a 5 you were destined for the pit No choice eh, what if you were 70? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 No choice, if you N.I. number ended in 0 or a 5 you were destined for the pit No choice eh, what if you were 70? If you reached 70 in them days you were worshipped as a god Quote Link to post Share on other sites
3175darren 1,102 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 I worked in the pit but at that time everything was heavilly mechanised, 80's onwards them boy's like the old man, had it hard oil lights and hand filling on the coal faces, it wasnt a place to be especially if you had no choice,and alot of them lost there lives, I respect them I allways will,jimmy saville was a bevin boy its a shame he survived it though, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eljay 3 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 I worked with an old guy he didn't want to go down the pit so joined the army, He was taken prisoner and ended the war working in a pit in germany. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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