[walkinman221]

My old man worked down the pit as a spark, he said the camaraderie and humour of the colliers was second to none.He told me a story about the drillers who used to drill the holes for the charges in the coal face, there were two main teams made up of two men one team was two older men in their forties and the other was two younger lads. They were always competing who could do the most , and the younger team always came in behind the older lads and could never weigh up why , until one day one of the older blokes told my dad how they kept the advantage , every morning they swapped the other lads new drill bits for their old ones from the day before.It just goes to show there is no substitute for experience