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Thread #14681 Message #3868565
Posted By: GUEST,Some bloke
27-Jul-17 - 07:29 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Chemical Worker's Song (Ron Angel)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req/Add: Chemical Worker's Song
The word spinners is actually spitters, Joe.
Working alongside chemical dust, (similar to when I worked down the pit with coal dust,) you did a lot of spitting. Chewing tobacco often helped keep the mouth wet and prevented some getting to your lungs. Not that tobacco could be generally seen as a public health measure!
Ron Angel was a man I knew from my visits to Stockton Folk Club and having booked the fettlers a few times years ago. A grand man and a grand "say it like it is" song. I include it now in a tribute set I do to honour our old friend Vin Garbutt, who gave the song a worldwide audience.