Wigan Album
Pit Brow Lasses
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Photo: RON HUNT
Item #: 34041
rodmar1955@gmail.com
Can't say if this has ever been shared before, but found it very interesting. Has many photos done by H. Wragg
https://davidshepherdsalvage.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/pitbrowlasses.pdf
Fantastic Ron. The pdf is 132 pages, nearly all with pictures on.
Thank you Mrs M. Your second link is a very interesting and valuable document, especially the pit brow lassie's reminiscences. I can't get the first link (rodmar) to work though.
John, I somehow managed to post my personal email and can't edit. I've emailed Ron, so hopefully he can delete it, Not very tech savvy, am I? lol
My mother told me she once worked as spit brow lass and that pit men would have a crap an send it up in the tubs.
The poor buggers. It's like something out of Sons and Lovers - minus the love. What in the world was society doing to allow this? Sleep tight tonight you IPhone children of the damned: these lot are coming to haunt you...:(
In David Lane’s “Pit Brow Lasses Scrapbook” the above photo is listed as 'Pit Brow girls of Haigh Collieries circa 1910’.