pit worker

The former pit worker maintains he had no right to be placed at Croome Court.

A pit worker appeared at Stirling Sheriff Court in connection with a deception involving call-up papers.

The former pit worker served as an official with the National Union of Mineworkers for almost 20 years and was national president from 2002 to 2010.

Happy Jack tells the story of Northern pit worker Jack Munroe, and his childhood sweetheart Liz, following the pair from the early days of their courtship, through the ups and downs of their life together, to their retirement.

The other end of the rope is held by another service member, whose job is to pull the pit worker to safety in the event they are overcome by fumes or faced with danger.

A labour of love for its director - Newport's Joann Randles - the film tells of how Street broke family tradition by refusing to follow his pit worker father down the mines, heading off instead to make his fortune as a big personality in the wrestling ring, despite only being 5ft 6in.

But, while 20th century advancements in technology - such as rising mounts of mechanisation - made the job progressively safer, industrial disease continued to blight the existence of the pit worker.

*** Bannockburn woman Mary Gow or Richardson (63), wife of retired pit worker Mr Alexander Richardson, Bentheads, Bannockburn, suffered fatal head injuries when she was blown over by a powerful gust of wind.

Veteran pit worker Peter Armstrong, 58, singled me out in the scrum of photographers and reporters.

"I think he's an icon - a Geordie hero." The former North Biddick pit worker, who was recently voted number 22 in our Greatest Geordies list, filled working men's clubs throughout the North East with laughter for nearly 40 years with his two characters - "The Little Waster" sketch and his soldier routine as Private Thompson.