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Originally Posted by claytonx
Quite a few Italians worked on the afternoon shift in the development tunnels at Huncoat Pit,very helpfull if you required a lift moving machinery underground.I remember just one name which was Adam.
When they got off the Huncoat bus Bottom of Little Blackburn Rd they were all dressed to kill and away they went around the pubs, this would be 9.00 in the evening and you could not tell they had just done 7 hours in the pit.
Very good workers earning top money,always looking after there boss.
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I remember Adam very well. We worked together for quite a while about 1964/65. We used to do the drilling into the rockface up the rise on nightshift ready for the shot Firer in the morning. he was a very fiery man and it didnt take much to upset him. He always wanted to fight someone. Never me though for some reason. Most fights took place behind the Baths after work. On one occasion it went too far. I think it was with a guy called Tommy Thorpe he was on development. Adam was may I say, A well known Ladies man. Also remember working with a Polish/Ukraine/German/Russian guy called Merlin. He lived down Clayton on the main road before the turning to bottom end. You could tell his house from the multi coloured bricks on the front. Other names spring to mind. Jack the pole, Black Bob, Herman the German and so on.Great Memories.