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Originally Posted by cashman
just come to me west-ender, way back there used to be barges stop on the leeds n liverpool canal in a little bay where the "Coke ovens" are situated, could it be some of the guys that used to load em? used to be a little pub just past bridge street,workers were known to frequent that.(forget name)  |
These blokes wore white helmets with torches on the front so I think they must have worked down the pits. I'm going back to about 1949/50 and there was always about a half dozen of them waiting for the bus at Church around 4.30 p.m. I don't think they were still around in later years.