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Pit Brow Lasses

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Magazine cutting
Magazine cutting
Photo: RON HUNT
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Item #: 29616
Magazine cutting showing a group of Wigan Pit Brow Girls at Westminster. 12th August 1911

Comment by: Albert. on 7th August 2017 at 15:56

I will always have the highest regard for the pit brow ladies. Decent, respected, and certainly fun loving. They were in a class of their own. God bless each one of them, wherever they are.

Comment by: alan wink on 7th August 2017 at 17:09

I was very proud to have a mother who was a pit brow lady very proud indeed.

Comment by: Roger on 7th August 2017 at 23:58

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Comment by: John G on 8th August 2017 at 19:06

Alan Wink: Well said Alan, your mother must have been a proud and strong woman, my Auntie was a pit brow lass and a real character.

Comment by: Veronica on 9th August 2017 at 11:47

The lady on the extreme left looks as if she isn't far from giving birth. I don't suppose there were any rules against working in that condition as long as a woman could. I may be wrong ... Who knows!

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