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Post by lowcogger on Oct 18, 2014 11:12:37 GMT
this memorial is on my local ride,it commemorates the loss of 26 child miners who died underground when the ventilation shaft they were using to leave the coal mine was flooded when the river next to the pit burst it`s banks. the youngest was only 7 years old,SEVEN YEARS OLD and working under ground in a coal mine,unbelievable and so sad.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2014 11:18:24 GMT
I thought the grave of a dog that we Cannock lot pass was bad..
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Post by hodgy on Oct 18, 2014 11:25:31 GMT
We might not live in a perfect society ..but at least in this country child labour has ( in the main ) been eradicated .
Both of my grandads worked down the pit and although conditions would not have been quite as harsh they still wouldn't have been a bed of roses..good that you took a little time out to reflect ....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2014 17:37:32 GMT
Poor little souls  Kids now days don't relise how easy life is for most of them !!!!! |
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Post by richardm on Oct 18, 2014 19:06:25 GMT
very sad that i ride a route that follows asecret trail that was for the resistance in france during the war it has a memorial on it some of them were only 16 or 17 and died trying to help stop the nazis
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2014 19:13:22 GMT
It also sad that the memorial looks uncared for, I know it's a very long time ago but it'd be nice if it was kept better. Poor, poor little sods.
We pass the German cemetery and the Katyn memorial regular on Cannock rides, both sad for different reasons. Always gives me pause for thought while I am out doing something I love. Makes you appreciate what you have got.
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Post by Fidius on Oct 19, 2014 13:16:14 GMT
tragic waste of life......
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2014 13:54:01 GMT
It also sad that the memorial looks uncared for, I know it's a very long time ago but it'd be nice if it was kept better. Poor, poor little sods. We pass the German cemetery and the Katyn memorial regular on Cannock rides, both sad for different reasons. Always gives me pause for thought while I am out doing something I love. Makes you appreciate what you have got. I passed the polish memorial today on the way back from Riffraff stopped and actually read what was on it I have passed it hundreds of times over the years going over the chase as a child and a adult but never read or took much notice . Your right it dose make you stop and think of the sacrifice given so we can live free today and enjoy the things we do . but these pool little ones just having life taken from them for masters of industries tragic Thank the Lord for the different working rules that we have now to stop child labour . |
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Post by Admin on Oct 19, 2014 14:15:47 GMT
Sad times, always worth a moment of reflection when ever you see something like this. We have a small plaque at the top of Spooky Wood for a lad who passed away, nothing like the above but still worthy of a moments thought
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Post by spacemonkey on Oct 19, 2014 15:38:12 GMT
You just couldn't imagine it now could you? Tragic waste of life!
Unfortunately this still happens in far too many parts of the world.
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