tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post49915428762544738..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Little mothers and Proto-proletarians: Growing up in Mining Debra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-16428917764479942162016-08-01T01:17:46.140-07:002016-08-01T01:17:46.140-07:00... they sing so beautifully, and now I wonder why...... they sing so beautifully, and now I wonder why,it doesn't seem they have/had much to sing about I've met many Welshmen/women over the past 70 years or so, and they are the most amazing people, indeed I've just posted a blog highlighting my regard for the WelshLordBeariOfBowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659497565915731702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-84847715180454890472016-07-03T10:59:53.627-07:002016-07-03T10:59:53.627-07:00My mother also taught me to sew, knit and cook. I...My mother also taught me to sew, knit and cook. I could also read before I went to Infant's school.<br /><br />You have set me off remembering the deep snows of winter and walking to school in ankle boots and snow falling into the tops making our ankles and feet wet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-12337395827445473652016-07-03T07:55:50.518-07:002016-07-03T07:55:50.518-07:00Thank you Lauren, much appreciated Thank you Lauren, much appreciated Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754211448313087291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-74493827508182411172016-07-02T10:08:27.594-07:002016-07-02T10:08:27.594-07:00Thank you for this thought-provoking article. Thank you for this thought-provoking article. Lauren Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02938146663557663891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-56642592059297498862016-07-02T09:26:32.242-07:002016-07-02T09:26:32.242-07:00Thank you for sharing this. I imagine there are ma...Thank you for sharing this. I imagine there are many memories such as this, maybe we should put a book togetherAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754211448313087291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-20194199185316290362016-07-02T09:25:21.542-07:002016-07-02T09:25:21.542-07:00Hi Sally, probably all the above, and they were ju...Hi Sally, probably all the above, and they were just plain worn out...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754211448313087291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-1594191751039544932016-07-02T09:24:40.398-07:002016-07-02T09:24:40.398-07:00Thank you Cryssa, very kind of you :)Thank you Cryssa, very kind of you :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754211448313087291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-91550945930789509182016-07-02T08:44:42.559-07:002016-07-02T08:44:42.559-07:00I was born and brought up in Abertillery and my fa...I was born and brought up in Abertillery and my father was a coal-hewer in the Vivian Sixbells coal mine, until he was unable to work through ill health. My mother not only fought a constant battle with coal dust in the house but also took jobs cleaning for professional people, helping in a café and doing outside catering, making clothes for us and hand-washing football strips whilst also nursing my poor father. She did not have an easy life, bless her but I learned by her example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-20599443104198148742016-07-02T08:43:29.372-07:002016-07-02T08:43:29.372-07:00Just 100 years ago ... did they ever find out why ...Just 100 years ago ... did they ever find out why so many more women died, and there were so many still births? Coal dust ...? Stress ...? Bad nutrition ... poor people everywhere had that.Sally Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11287628255330281037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-21583224820585181502016-07-02T03:28:07.170-07:002016-07-02T03:28:07.170-07:00What a wonderful, in-depth article! What a wonderful, in-depth article! Cryssa Bazoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339300665743449764noreply@blogger.com