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Antaletriangle · 02-14-2009, 04:02 AM

Yeah my grandad was a miner in a pit of coal on 18 inch seams,(Working on his side) for 42 years of his life-then the health service asked him if he smoked;which he did,then he died (Margaret thatcher wouldn't allow this beautiful bloke any compensation,amongst many others!!);he was a bloomin' miner and chewed baccy to keep his mouth moist,he dragged 4 mates ite of the pit over several years who had died on the face!!
He had to get down the pit and keep working-they allowed him a cigarette though after bringing his friends up dead (who he drank in the pub with most nights) before he had to go back down into hell's hole!!
It makes me sick to my core-i've grown up with this rubbish!!!
Good post by the way people need to feel and read this.
I know it from the very heart,soup kitchens etcetera.

02-14-2009, 04:02 AM	#2
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Re: Garden of Eden Yeah my grandad was a miner in a pit of coal on 18 inch seams,(Working on his side) for 42 years of his life-then the health service asked him if he smoked;which he did,then he died (Margaret thatcher wouldn't allow this beautiful bloke any compensation,amongst many others!!);he was a bloomin' miner and chewed baccy to keep his mouth moist,he dragged 4 mates ite of the pit over several years who had died on the face!! He had to get down the pit and keep working-they allowed him a cigarette though after bringing his friends up dead (who he drank in the pub with most nights) before he had to go back down into hell's hole!! It makes me sick to my core-i've grown up with this rubbish!!! Good post by the way people need to feel and read this. I know it from the very heart,soup kitchens etcetera.