General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Golden Bear

I am sorry to hear about what happened to your father.

I first grew up in Bamfurlong, and then we moved, but me mates in Bamfurlong who I left behind, they all went to Ashton Secondary, which is Cansfield High School now, and then they went down't pit.

Now if we hadn't had moved from Bamfurlong, that is where I would have gone, I would have no doubt been working with Whupsy, and voting Labour, and by that time in the 1970s the pitmen were on a bloody good screw, they had pockets full of money, but me, myself, and I, was struggling to keep the wolf from the door, because I was a very poorly paid shop assistant, and I was working twice has many hours as a pitmon, in Pemberton pitmen my age were going buying full length leather coats from tailors in Manchester, they had the full service, being measured for it, and having it made by a tailor, costing them hundreds of pounds, they had all the nice gear on, and they were walking away with all the women, because women love pitmen, especially if they have a few bob in their pocket.

Yes so damn right I would have gone down't pit.