wow they are lovely MS !
i love the last one esp,
so just a little spot cloning like azz said but please dont go overboard coz i think they are wonderful !
lovely memories

I am not doing anything to them, because I will probably muck it up, so I will let you know how they turn out.

I will have to pinch some of my Mum's photos, to show, she has ones that her Grandad took of the mines and miners, pit ponies etc, some are really gorgeous. Completely different time, but there is something really striking about them, all these smiley men, completely black from coal dust.

that would be very interesting MS as we also have mines connections here too in the valley

Whereabouts????

ogmore vale (valley)

http://www.diggingupthepast.org.uk/index.html

I actually feel really sad about these as they were very poor and struggled.
even their kids had no choice

My family come from Maesteg.Still go down there, I have family living in the same Terrace that my Nan was born in

Yeah, I know the stories my Nan used to tell me ,it was horrendous conditions, her Dad died early through Lung conditions, and the little boy in the first picture he died ealry too through lung problems caused by the pit. The taller boy , he was a miner, but managed to get out of it.

I think my Great Grandad was very,very, young when he started, as I expect this Dad etc

I have been down a couple of pits, and have taken the kids down one aswell, and it just fills me with amazement and sadness that most people had no choice but to go down there.

I feel all sad now It is good to remember things like this though .

OMG i LOVE these shots! We have some from Johns side of the family which Johns dad has asked me to possibly restore them?.

They have such a great feeling to them! The last capture is such a classic!!

measteg is only about 4 miles away from me!

i went down the pits once and hated it ! that why i feel for those men and boys.

i have a horrible thing about going under tunnels and things like that
And the thought of going though eurotunnel.... oh my god !!! no way ! I just imagine the sea will crack the tunnel

Oh Clairelou, I will pop round for a cuppa next time I come down

Horrible feeling isn't it, I went down with my family when young, I took the kids down one too. How the hell they could do that day in , day out


I have done the Euro tunnel and er, I was glad see daylight