Hi Musket

<" Nothing funnier than hearing a teacher stick his finger in his ear and croon about how hard it is down the pit. ">

How true. My father and Grandfather both worked in the pit at Elsecar in Yorkshire.

So I know about the life of miners and their families.

My grandad put in nearly 50 years and died shortly after from Pneumoconiosis. The Second World War gave my father a chance to get away from pit life. He joined the army and went to war. Was wounded and taken POW. Never went back to the coal.

Cheers

MikeL2