From: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 3 Feb 2002 20:36:01 -0000410_iso-8859-1 Hi everyone
My Grandfather was employed as a shaft sinker all his life (pre N.C.B) but never worked in a mine as such. But all his six sons did. My father told me, that my Grandfather would travel up and down country sinking shafts, (All in coalmining areas) Were shaft sinkers a band of specialist, and if so who employed them i.e was it the mine owner or a specialist mining group. [...]48_3Feb200220:36:[log in to unmask] |