Nga mihi for sharing that Darien. I've been researching some Welsh family history on my paternal side of late. My paternal family lived in Pontypridd a once booming coal mining town. The devastation to the environment and the work place accidents were horrific. The owners always put their profits before their workers safety and well-bein…
Nga mihi for sharing that Darien. I've been researching some Welsh family history on my paternal side of late. My paternal family lived in Pontypridd a once booming coal mining town. The devastation to the environment and the work place accidents were horrific. The owners always put their profits before their workers safety and well-being. I've often thought this government seem determined to drag us back to the 1950's but now I'm thinking it's more like the Victorian era!
Kia ora David : I come from a mining family too. My grandfather, who later became a Labour MP in NZ started work as a pit boy in a mine in Northumberland at the age of 12. He worked at Millington Mine in NZ after being injured at the Somme in WW1. I often marvel at his journey from Pit Boy to Labour MP in the MJ Savage/Peter Fraser government. I wish I had known him better but I was just tiny when he died.
Nga mihi for sharing that Darien. I've been researching some Welsh family history on my paternal side of late. My paternal family lived in Pontypridd a once booming coal mining town. The devastation to the environment and the work place accidents were horrific. The owners always put their profits before their workers safety and well-being. I've often thought this government seem determined to drag us back to the 1950's but now I'm thinking it's more like the Victorian era!
Kia ora David : I come from a mining family too. My grandfather, who later became a Labour MP in NZ started work as a pit boy in a mine in Northumberland at the age of 12. He worked at Millington Mine in NZ after being injured at the Somme in WW1. I often marvel at his journey from Pit Boy to Labour MP in the MJ Savage/Peter Fraser government. I wish I had known him better but I was just tiny when he died.