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There were no clauses relating to hours of work, and inspection could only take place on the basis of checking the 'condition of the workers'. Ironically, many women were annoyed that they could no longer earn the much needed money.
The following information was sent to me by Lionel Anthony, to whom I am grateful. The document refers to his grandfather:
In the mid 1950's, coincidence found
three generations of the same family looking across a field, not far
from Warringon, Lancashire. My grandfather, Samuel John, pointed out a
fenced off corner of the field. Inside the fence was a hole, at my estimate
about twenty feet wide.
"That was the ventilation shaft", he announced "there was a plank across that when I was a lad and we used to take a short cut across to get to the mine, else we'd get our ears clipped if we were late." He thought for a little while as we turned away, then said "I were nine year old then."
Unfortunately my grandfather never said anything more about his life in the mine.
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