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My family's mining experience

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Accession No: TWCMS : 2009.215
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Nathan's story is about his family's mining experience.

By Nathan Foster

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This story was inspired by objects in the mining gallery at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens.


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I live in East Shore village in Seaham. Seaham is an old mining town. My house was built on what used to be Vane Tempest Colliery.

My great grandad worked down the mines. He was at Dawdon Colliery and worked as a miner for 51 years.  He also got a medal for it.  There were only 5 people who ever worked as long as my great grandad.

There aren't any mines in Seaham now. Me and my brother had not been born before the mines were closed. Many people in Seaham worked down the mines but people now work in loads of different places. My mam works in a call centre in Sunderland and my dad works for a mini bus company in Stanley. Before my granddad retired he worked in a factory.  Now all the mines are closed but we still have our granddad to tell us what happened.

It's nice to hear about such a strong bond between family members.Posted on 29/10/2009 at 03:39:48

Uno's a great game for the family - our kids often want to play what they call 'after school club rules' - these are a lot more complicated and I always seem to end up picking up most of the cards!Posted on 01/11/2009 at 01:24:58

Very interesting story! gave me many othughts.It is not possible that Oo Mg knows the future. but, can we conclude that the future is already written? everything in the world operates in deterministic way?If the editor keeps reading that story, what will he see? Will he see his future? or like .. the editor keeps reading the story . etc ?lastly, the writer knows the future or these events happens because he wrote it? is he God? Thank you for posting this story. Like it a lot!Posted on 29/03/2012 at 03:57:42

What a beautie!! Ioanna, she tobsluaely stunning and I am so happy I got to meet her in person. Yianni, again, you have done an amazing job. You have captured wonderful family moments. Good luck with beba's baptismPosted on 30/03/2012 at 01:16:30

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Reading posts like this make suifrng such a pleasurePosted on 01/04/2012 at 12:53:21

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Gee whiz, and I thuoght this would be hard to find out.Posted on 01/04/2012 at 02:40:01

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