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Re: Norfolk ... coal miners?!
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 05 July 22 17:48 BST (UK) »
Many miners in South Wales originally came from Somerset.
They moved "across the water" when the Bristol coal fields failed; likewise most of the Somerset mines also failed.

My grandfather, and his brother, moved from Wiltshire (ag.labs) to Bristol mines (1901, 1911 censuses).
They then both moved to South Wales (where mum was born!).
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Re: Norfolk ... coal miners?!
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 26 July 22 18:21 BST (UK) »
There was George Roper (1826-1880) from South Lopham and his son John (1855-1880) killed in the Seaham Colliery disaster in 1880.
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