num_pages: 112
description: This is the personal story of a Bevin Boy, one of the band of boys recruited by Ernest Bevin during the Second World War to work in the coal mines. Explore with him the experience of this subterranean the vagaries of the mining technology of the time, the back-breaking work, the hazards and the discomforts. His frequent amusing anecdotes together with his engaging observations of work mates serve as relief to this account of industrial slavery. The description of various episodes both above and below ground level reveal his wry sense of humour. Although a release scheme for the Bevin Boys was finally introduced, the author's escape comes about in an unexpected way and he eventually enters a more suitable professional area. Personal reminiscences of a by-gone age are always both fascinating and instructive, and these memoirs are no exception.
language: English
title: Bevin Boy: A Reluctant Miner
titlecomplete: Bevin Boy: A Reluctant Miner
publisher: Athena Press