Bevan boys coal mining?
young boys conscripted to the coal mining industry ?
Answers:
Bevin (or Bevan) Boys were young men who worked "in the pit" instead of serving in the armed forces as coal mining was an important "reserved occupation". The Bevin Boy scheme was set up by Ernest Bevin, the wartime Minister of Labour. Although the Bevin Boy scheme had ended by 1951, "National Service" or the 'call-up' finally came to a halt on 31 December 1960 and the very last National servicemen left the Army in 1963.
yes,
kept the little blighters
off the streets
In war-time, we were con striped to do work for the war-effort
Yes they were classed as unfit for active duty,so ended up in coal mines
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Answers:
Bevin (or Bevan) Boys were young men who worked "in the pit" instead of serving in the armed forces as coal mining was an important "reserved occupation". The Bevin Boy scheme was set up by Ernest Bevin, the wartime Minister of Labour. Although the Bevin Boy scheme had ended by 1951, "National Service" or the 'call-up' finally came to a halt on 31 December 1960 and the very last National servicemen left the Army in 1963.
yes,
kept the little blighters
off the streets
In war-time, we were con striped to do work for the war-effort
Yes they were classed as unfit for active duty,so ended up in coal mines
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