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Pit Brow Lasses

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Wigan girls in France
Wigan girls in France
Photo: Rev David Long
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Item #: 29635
Another pic from the French book http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6364932w
The caption reads 'Female workers at the Wigan pits, in England, at the off-loading point'. It looks as if they're manhandling full tubs out of the cage which has come up from pit bottom. A heavy job for the lasses.

Comment by: Albert. on 12th August 2017 at 10:49

The tubs are not on rail lines, but on slot landings, large strong smooth metal plates. It definitely would have been an arduous task , manhandling those full tubs.

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