The Bevan Boys

[gonetoearth 5,144]

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.

[spade 224]

Just watching about it on the news now.

[TOMO 29,175]

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,

[sussex 5,803]

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 .

[paulus 26]

No choice, if you N.I. number ended in 0 or a 5 you were destined for the pit

[C Hall 552]

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.

[baw 4,360]

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?

[paulus 26]

 

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

[3175darren 1,102]

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,

[eljay 3]

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.