In article , Bill Wright
scribeth thus
ARW wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Bill Wright formulated the question :
Those of you interested in the past might like this:
http://www.wrightswritings.org.uk/?page_id=721
It was written by my uncle, who is 84.
Bill
I spotted your contribution Bill, I didn't know you hailed from there!
It's where the Wadsworths come from:-).
That article would be just around the time when my Great Grandad was killed
down Bentley pit when the roof collapsed.
http://www.dmm-pitwork.org.uk/html/bentley.htm
Bill
What a god awful job mining was. I remember reading the Durham miners
site.
http://www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
The opening page says "In Memoriam"
hundreds if not thousands killed in that accursed industry and of course
the best of British management presiding as to be expected...
--
Tony Sayer