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Whups

My dad's side of the family as well as my Wife's all worked in the mining industry and from what I remember, the most poorly paid were those like my Father who worked on the surface while those who worked underground, especially on the coal face earned far more.

You have never stated the time that you and your colleagues worked in the mining industry, what jobs you did and what the average national wage was when you were only earning £90 per week.

As for for the comment that I had never been near a pit, it may interest to know that sometimes during my school holiday's, I used to ride on my Dad's engine all over the Lancashire Coalfield to collect wagons from the various pits to Linneyshaw Moss for onward transit to Kearsley Power Station.