I am finding out more about my father who died when I was young. He was a coal miner like his father and brothers and became a fireman. He is said to have said he had to crawl in 18 inches of space when it was flooded for a distance of up to Larkhall. I don't know what pit he was employed in but I suspect it was the Ross. They lived in the Rows until they were re-housed in Allanton Terrace.
What I have found since starting my family history journey is that his grandfather was a miner and many generations going back in time and that his grandfather's brother and brother-in-law were both killed in the Blantyre Pit Disaster, his brother leaving a sick wife (who died within two weeks of the event) and a small daughter, brought up by her grandparents.
This has nothing to do with snooker, other than miners had other interests.
Doolittle72
