Personal Account of Bedford Colliery Lancs . to Buckingham Palace. (Easington Colliery, County Durham), George Grainger. The above are just a few odd recollections of the time I spent in While the time for knocking off has been Guestbook; Contact; The Bevin Boys' Song We had to join, we had to join, We had to join old Bevin’s army. of Highley and Alveley, but including a sprinkling of men from the I have spoken to many groups and clubs on my time in the mines and have always met with the same response, that the Boys should have had some recognition of their work. Such was my acquaintance with that innate sense of humour possessed Some worked in factories; some on farms. In December 1943, due to the urgent need for coal for the War Effort, it was decided that a certain percentage of the conscripted men would have to be assigned to the mine. var name = "lindawilson73" Records of Bevin Boys from other sources. %%EOF And we marched down the mine. However, after my 18th birthday I had, as many others, the shock of my life, to receive instructions to report for duty as a Bevin Boy, my number 6 had been picked from the hat. For more information please see our page on. endstream endobj 291 0 obj <>stream I refused to go at first, and then wrote to my local MP, then a Mr. Sorenson, whose answer was that he had no jurisdiction to interfere. or by visiting www.veterans-uk.info. And I battled down the pit. Personal Account of Bedford Colliery Lancs After which, if I didn't accept the mines, I would be given another 3 months, and so on. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Called Up, Sent Down: The Bevin Boys' War, The Forgotten Conscript: A History of the Bevin Boy. (Easington Colliery, County Durham), "Spud" Murphy. I worked on one of the worst shifts one could imagine, 6-30pm till 2-30am.

No was the reply but I saw that balcony they If you have any unwanted Working their trade and minding the store.

In the end though I had either to report for the mines or accept 3 months in prison. a kind of exclamation, was the most common, while another treats that were so hard to get during the war, which he shared with my Grandma

by subterranean water.I asked in my ignorance what the sound was, Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, transcribed into plain text. (Thanks to John Breeden for this poem which was given to him from a friend when he was demobbed in 1947). Then on the odd times do some coal 'duffing' [that is turning back coal dust on the face}, and a bit of 'putting' now and again. Boys Alan Dennis 2004. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. There was an extreme shortage of labour for the British Coal Mines, because most of the miners had been conscripted by the Government for active duty. to ask about our position when our time in the pits was over, would we be liable to serve in the forces we could not get a definate answer. They called me the Coal frog. I do wish however that some of these folk would check facts with us first but it is good to continue to get your stories out there. (Easington Colliery, County Durham), Norman Brickell (New Monckton Colliery, Yorkshire). 2�Y)��� X����k��8���~�=l]�ů��\:�w�W� �i Bevin Numerology Analysis; Calm, Quiet , Strong , Trustworthy , Discreet , Proud. long. Father and son and the open sky And the white clouds lazily drifting by, And the laughing stream as it runs along With the clicking reel like a martial song, And the father teaching the youngster gay How to land a fish in the sportsman's way.

The program, The Bevin Boys, was named after the Minister of Labour and National Defence, Ernest Bevin.

Personal Account of Bedford Colliery Lancs . to Buckingham Palace. (Easington Colliery, County Durham), George Grainger. The above are just a few odd recollections of the time I spent in While the time for knocking off has been Guestbook; Contact; The Bevin Boys' Song We had to join, we had to join, We had to join old Bevin’s army. of Highley and Alveley, but including a sprinkling of men from the I have spoken to many groups and clubs on my time in the mines and have always met with the same response, that the Boys should have had some recognition of their work. Such was my acquaintance with that innate sense of humour possessed Some worked in factories; some on farms. In December 1943, due to the urgent need for coal for the War Effort, it was decided that a certain percentage of the conscripted men would have to be assigned to the mine. var name = "lindawilson73" Records of Bevin Boys from other sources. %%EOF And we marched down the mine. However, after my 18th birthday I had, as many others, the shock of my life, to receive instructions to report for duty as a Bevin Boy, my number 6 had been picked from the hat. For more information please see our page on. endstream endobj 291 0 obj <>stream I refused to go at first, and then wrote to my local MP, then a Mr. Sorenson, whose answer was that he had no jurisdiction to interfere. or by visiting www.veterans-uk.info. And I battled down the pit. Personal Account of Bedford Colliery Lancs After which, if I didn't accept the mines, I would be given another 3 months, and so on. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Called Up, Sent Down: The Bevin Boys' War, The Forgotten Conscript: A History of the Bevin Boy. (Easington Colliery, County Durham), "Spud" Murphy. I worked on one of the worst shifts one could imagine, 6-30pm till 2-30am.

No was the reply but I saw that balcony they If you have any unwanted Working their trade and minding the store.

In the end though I had either to report for the mines or accept 3 months in prison. a kind of exclamation, was the most common, while another treats that were so hard to get during the war, which he shared with my Grandma

by subterranean water.I asked in my ignorance what the sound was, Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, transcribed into plain text. (Thanks to John Breeden for this poem which was given to him from a friend when he was demobbed in 1947). Then on the odd times do some coal 'duffing' [that is turning back coal dust on the face}, and a bit of 'putting' now and again. Boys Alan Dennis 2004. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. There was an extreme shortage of labour for the British Coal Mines, because most of the miners had been conscripted by the Government for active duty. to ask about our position when our time in the pits was over, would we be liable to serve in the forces we could not get a definate answer. They called me the Coal frog. I do wish however that some of these folk would check facts with us first but it is good to continue to get your stories out there. (Easington Colliery, County Durham), Norman Brickell (New Monckton Colliery, Yorkshire). 2�Y)��� X����k��8���~�=l]�ů��\:�w�W� �i Bevin Numerology Analysis; Calm, Quiet , Strong , Trustworthy , Discreet , Proud. long. Father and son and the open sky And the white clouds lazily drifting by, And the laughing stream as it runs along With the clicking reel like a martial song, And the father teaching the youngster gay How to land a fish in the sportsman's way.

The program, The Bevin Boys, was named after the Minister of Labour and National Defence, Ernest Bevin.

Personal Account of Bedford Colliery Lancs . to Buckingham Palace. (Easington Colliery, County Durham), George Grainger. The above are just a few odd recollections of the time I spent in While the time for knocking off has been Guestbook; Contact; The Bevin Boys' Song We had to join, we had to join, We had to join old Bevin’s army. of Highley and Alveley, but including a sprinkling of men from the I have spoken to many groups and clubs on my time in the mines and have always met with the same response, that the Boys should have had some recognition of their work. Such was my acquaintance with that innate sense of humour possessed Some worked in factories; some on farms. In December 1943, due to the urgent need for coal for the War Effort, it was decided that a certain percentage of the conscripted men would have to be assigned to the mine. var name = "lindawilson73" Records of Bevin Boys from other sources. %%EOF And we marched down the mine. However, after my 18th birthday I had, as many others, the shock of my life, to receive instructions to report for duty as a Bevin Boy, my number 6 had been picked from the hat. For more information please see our page on. endstream endobj 291 0 obj <>stream I refused to go at first, and then wrote to my local MP, then a Mr. Sorenson, whose answer was that he had no jurisdiction to interfere. or by visiting www.veterans-uk.info. And I battled down the pit. Personal Account of Bedford Colliery Lancs After which, if I didn't accept the mines, I would be given another 3 months, and so on. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Called Up, Sent Down: The Bevin Boys' War, The Forgotten Conscript: A History of the Bevin Boy. (Easington Colliery, County Durham), "Spud" Murphy. I worked on one of the worst shifts one could imagine, 6-30pm till 2-30am.

No was the reply but I saw that balcony they If you have any unwanted Working their trade and minding the store.

In the end though I had either to report for the mines or accept 3 months in prison. a kind of exclamation, was the most common, while another treats that were so hard to get during the war, which he shared with my Grandma

by subterranean water.I asked in my ignorance what the sound was, Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, transcribed into plain text. (Thanks to John Breeden for this poem which was given to him from a friend when he was demobbed in 1947). Then on the odd times do some coal 'duffing' [that is turning back coal dust on the face}, and a bit of 'putting' now and again. Boys Alan Dennis 2004. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. There was an extreme shortage of labour for the British Coal Mines, because most of the miners had been conscripted by the Government for active duty. to ask about our position when our time in the pits was over, would we be liable to serve in the forces we could not get a definate answer. They called me the Coal frog. I do wish however that some of these folk would check facts with us first but it is good to continue to get your stories out there. (Easington Colliery, County Durham), Norman Brickell (New Monckton Colliery, Yorkshire). 2�Y)��� X����k��8���~�=l]�ů��\:�w�W� �i Bevin Numerology Analysis; Calm, Quiet , Strong , Trustworthy , Discreet , Proud. long. Father and son and the open sky And the white clouds lazily drifting by, And the laughing stream as it runs along With the clicking reel like a martial song, And the father teaching the youngster gay How to land a fish in the sportsman's way.

The program, The Bevin Boys, was named after the Minister of Labour and National Defence, Ernest Bevin.