carnkie
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15 years ago
A stark reminder of the use of children and women underground at the beginning of the 19th century.
http://www.dmm-pitwork.org.uk/html/daz.htm 
http://georgian-victorian-britain.suite101.com/article.cfm/huskar-pit-disaster-1838 


The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.
NigelH
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15 years ago
Very sobering reading.
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