This mischievous little cutie really was a coalminer’s daughter in Yorkshire, England in 1952. Employment in coal mines fell from a peak of 1,191,000 in 1920 to 2,000 in 2015.
Add that to the list of sooty jobs I’d never want.
Two miners working in their skivvies on the coal face at Tilmanstone Colliery, Kent. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images per http://www.flashbak.com)Photograph taken using a “Sashalite,” one of the first safe photographic flash guns, invented by Sasha. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)
My late father was a coal miner in Nottinghamshire, he survived three mine shaft collapses, and other problems associated with flooding, dynamite, machinery, carbon monoxide, and oxygen flow problems, the lift not working and etc. Horrible life – and it affected his lungs. Nice piece of reminiscence for me.
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Never heard of a Sashalite. I have known a couple of coal miners and I am with you. I could never work in a hole in the ground.
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At least you wouldn’t have the pressure to save for retirement…
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That’s true. Also there is a decent chance your family wouldn’t have to spring for a burial.
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Together, we see the bright side!
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Ha. That is us. Just 2 Pollyannas.
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Oooohh…. that’s a cool find.
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My late father was a coal miner in Nottinghamshire, he survived three mine shaft collapses, and other problems associated with flooding, dynamite, machinery, carbon monoxide, and oxygen flow problems, the lift not working and etc. Horrible life – and it affected his lungs. Nice piece of reminiscence for me.
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I can’t even imagine how hard that would be and the damage it would have done to his body.
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I certain it was the major contributing factor to his early death, so yes a lot of damage really.
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😦
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