Comments on: Reflecting on the Past http://www.parlington.info/2009/10/22/reflecting-on-the-past/ Present Day Parlington, and observations of the times we live in! Sun, 1 Aug 2010 01:58:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: brianh http://www.parlington.info/2009/10/22/reflecting-on-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-264 brianh Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:32:37 +0000 http://www.parlington.info/?p=305#comment-264 Thanks Jack, I looked at the site you mentioned, the pictures certainly reflect the horrors of mining in the nineteenth century. I notice that there are some pictures of "corves", these are mentioned in the articles from the Leeds Mercury, so perhaps they were dragging coal around in that fashion in 1883, Horrendous! Cheers Brian Thanks Jack, I looked at the site you mentioned, the pictures certainly reflect the horrors of mining in the nineteenth century. I notice that there are some pictures of “corves”, these are mentioned in the articles from the Leeds Mercury, so perhaps they were dragging coal around in that fashion in 1883, Horrendous!

Cheers

Brian

]]> By: JackMiller http://www.parlington.info/2009/10/22/reflecting-on-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-263 JackMiller Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:18:00 +0000 http://www.parlington.info/?p=305#comment-263 Very interesting, have at look at <a href="http://www.historyhome.co.uk/peel/factmine/minecond.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.historyhome.co.uk/peel/factmine/minecond.htm</a> Very interesting, have at look at http://www.historyhome.co.uk/peel/factmine/minecond.htm

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