Hi
I think an underground rider, did actually do just that, he rode the coal
carts behind the pit pone, my father was a pony boy in a pit near Clydach,
Glam in the fifties and mentioned that in bigger mines they used to be able
to ride the coal carts whereas he could only lead the ponies.
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From: "madlam" <madlam(a)supanet.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 9:06 PM
Subject: Occupation
Hi All
Any ideas on the following from the 1871 census Mountain Ash Gla. John
Rees,son,un,28,Underground Rider. Couldn't be a horse rider surely[no
headroom]. Tram/Dram rider, normally hitcher,brakeman,tipper,filler. Maybe,
just along for the ride? First tourist attraction?
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