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Stuck in a coal truck

We went down to the coal sidings at Mount Pleasant to scrounge a bag of coal.

A child's Christmas in Blaenavon

All the women in the town cooked their Christmas cakes in the bakery.

Death in the family

Every time I see that wheel going around I think about the last time my father came up.

My grandmother

I don't remember any details so I think she must have done the killing while I was sleeping.

My granddad

A year later and he would have received £40,000 for his work. That grieved him quite a bit.

Our house

It was a huge telly with a nine or 10 inch screen and valves everywhere.

Miners' clothes

Everyone wore boots; Shoes for men were considered effeminate.

Coal deliveries

It wasn't just the man of the house who would have to take the coal in.

A cure for whooping cough

Your father should take his jam sandwiches down Big Pit.

Taking in lodgers

There were a lot of people - especially Irish - coming in to work the mechanical diggers.

"The collieries information contained within is based on a number of different sources listed at: Coalhouse Credits. Wherever possible, we've tried to cross-reference this material. However where it's not been possible to do so, we have used 'The South Wales Coalfield Directory Volumes 1-3' by Ray Lawrence (2005) as the primary source."


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