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seems likea "million" years ago, but I was ( 6 yrs ) old and remember at holiday fridays,standing with a few other kids outside the pit-baths at the devon pit, asking miners if we could take their bags "pit clothes" home for them, and get a tip...
thrupenny bit, was a lot back then.

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A memory of Fishcross in Clackmannanshire shared on Sunday, 9th December 2007.

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RE: RE: Miners

Remember the bleach man? If you lived in Fishcross everybody knew who you were, if not they would tell your father at the pit in the morning. Only rats pass through Fishcross without stopping and asking anyone 'Who do you know?'.
From the man everybody knows, Jimmy Brown.

Comment from Jimmy Brown on Thursday, 25th December 2008.

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