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Thread #110593 Message #2324094
Posted By: Dave Sutherland
24-Apr-08 - 07:12 AM
Thread Name: Origin The Blackleg Miner
Subject: RE: Origin The Blackleg Miner
"Of mining stock" isn't quite the same thing as having been a miner" - quite, but were you to run that past any of the surviving older generation of the Elliott family in this context then you'd better be prepared for the onslaught.
While I don't presume to speak for Ed or Jez I'm sure I have heard them say that they were the first of their faimilies not to go down the pit for a living. Certainly Bert and Monty did - as did Tommy Armstrong. They all knew what they were talking about.