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Alwyn Kerr
Father a miner at South Pelaw - moved to New Brancepeth then Cumberland. School - forced to write with right hand. Pit people in West Cumberland very poor. Collecting sea coal. Father a colliery manager - self made man, very unpopular, but hardworking. Burns pit disaster 1909. Horse drawn ambulance from pit delivering a dead body. Moving house. Private school. Scouts. Football. Father's wage, father on sick. Bought farm, hard work. Ploughing day. Milking. Collection muck. Agricultural college. Met wife at chapel. Stayed at home with mother, made a good wife. Day on the farm. Hirings. Working i...
Father a miner at South Pelaw - moved to New Brancepeth then Cumberland. School - forced to write with right hand. Pit people in West Cumberland very poor. Collecting sea coal. Father a colliery manager - self made man, very unpopular, but hardworking. Burns pit disaster 1909. Horse drawn ambulance from pit delivering a dead body. Moving house. Private school. Scouts. Football. Father's wage, father on sick. Bought farm, hard work. Ploughing day. Milking. Collection muck. Agricultural college. Met wife at chapel. Stayed at home with mother, made a good wife. Day on the farm. Hirings. Working i...
Mrs Waggot
Family background. School at Pelton lane ends, grammar school, pupil teacher, teacher. Teaching. Subjects at South Pelaw as a pupil. Catholic boys intimidating girls on their way to school. Family Methodists but father lost faith in world war one.
Family background. School at Pelton lane ends, grammar school, pupil teacher, teacher. Teaching. Subjects at South Pelaw as a pupil. Catholic boys intimidating girls on their way to school. Family Methodists but father lost faith in world war one.
Mr Barton
Mining methods, machines used, in detail. Compensation for noise deafness and pneumoconiosis. Father's accident. Community spirit. Monkwearmouth pit safety checks. South Pelaw. Grandfather's life as a stonemason. Father's childhood working down Felling pit at seven. American president visit. Father's work on screens after accident. Pit baths and bathing at home. Pit clothing and footwear, clogs and clog making. 1926 strike - how they were affected. Life during it, looking after mother. Preparing meals. Availability of work.
Mining methods, machines used, in detail. Compensation for noise deafness and pneumoconiosis. Father's accident. Community spirit. Monkwearmouth pit safety checks. South Pelaw. Grandfather's life as a stonemason. Father's childhood working down Felling pit at seven. American president visit. Father's work on screens after accident. Pit baths and bathing at home. Pit clothing and footwear, clogs and clog making. 1926 strike - how they were affected. Life during it, looking after mother. Preparing meals. Availability of work.
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