PIT RECORDS;

[dazb]

A quiz for all who worked in the pit,
What’s the record distance for a spit?
Most swear words in a miners reply?
The magnitude of a manager’s lie?
The fastest shear from 16’s dip?
The biggest ever ripping lip?
Hottest temperature in a heading?
The very last man to use a Spedding?
Compressive strength of the hardest coal?
Who scored Barnsley’s winning goal?
How many yards in the deepest shaft?
Which pit bottom had the biggest draught?
The lowest face and highest gate?
What common subjects did we all debate?
The biggest Dudley ever carried?
Why deputy’s parents rarely married?
All answers please by Monday next
Passed to the banksman along with your checks.

[Ragger]

Perfect Miners.

Men I worked with were perfect in every way,
No bad habits; true gents every day.
Travelling through air-doors; except for a few,
They always stood back; “please after you”.

When lifting a load, heavier at one end,
To there most men their mates would send.
Shots were fired almost every single day,
“You go down there till dust comes”, they’d say.

When advancing a chock left on the collar,
“I’ll get the next one”, you hear men holler.
Spreading stone-dust could be quite fun,
Ensuring work-mates were properly done.

If the paddy was full up to the brim,
“Jump on the rubber” they advised him.
Nobody can say a bad word about men,
If a problem arose, they’d first count to ten.

The only time there was any bother,
At the end of the shift no one would hover.
Getting on cage was sometimes a chore,
Trying to find room for just one more.

[Clive]

What about records of another sort. Dose any one remember Max Bigraves, Do it The Saftey way' It was a hit at most disco's during the early 80s.