I will start by saying I never became a coal minor, in 1969-70 me and a few chaps from school went down top pit in Hucknall, prior to the next school year, for a look around to see what kind of work we would be doing, it was only a two day orientation, the only thing I remember was the darkness and when we got out of the cage we walked over to this big steel door, I tried to open it without first opening the small draft to let the pressure or something like that before the door could be opened. We saw Rolf the cutting machine it was scary a bit and interesting.
Let me quit rambling, a lot of my family were miners, on mums side, Ellis of Newstead, Rowley and Jackson in Hucknall that’s what I was trying to find out about, are they still alive and what are they up to now.
I went to the Hucknall National Church School , and as time has gone by, all these years, there is nothing like the brotherhood of the family of miners. I still miss the old town at times. I live in the USA a state called Conn, I work in the food service industry and did a 17 year hitch in the ta food service industry it wasn’t all roses and still isn’t things are tough over here but I am still a Brit.
Cheers all the best. David.
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