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Saturday, July 13, 2013

Today Is The Big Miner's Gala Parade in Durham ENGLAND

Click Here for Durham Miners Parade in 2012

Last year Lulu and I spent the Saturday in Durham - north of London. It was the center of the coal industry. You may remember the saying - like carrying coal to New Castle. Well New Castle is just up the tracks.

We are not going to the parade today - but our old Tamaqua friends - Jan and Dicky Davis will be there. We hope to see them next week here. Maybe I can get Jan to write up a story about this year's parade.

Dicky and his dad Tommy Davis - were undertakers in Tamaqua PA. They buried many miners with lungs full of coal dust.

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