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the Bevan boys

Posted by Norma <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/litherland-ford/info/user=Norma' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 27/12/2024, 14:14:46

My uncle was a Bevan boy,

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Posted by John R <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/litherland-ford/info/user=John+R' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 27/12/2024, 18:05:45, in reply to "the Bevan boys"

I don't think guys were given the choice about recruitment into the Forces or being a Bevan Boy. But, the Bevan Boys did a valuable but dangerous job during the War and have been recognised over the years and are invited to march on Remembrance Day at the London Cenotaph.
I knew a guy from Sunderland, now deceased, who was a Bevan Boy. He joined the RAF after the war and admitted that he would have preferred to have been in the RAF during the War than having to go down the mines.

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Posted by Norma <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/litherland-ford/info/user=Norma' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/12/2024, 7:30:25, in reply to "Re: the Bevan boys"

My uncle could stay with his siter family outside wigan wigan able to go home for a home cooked meal,days off he could go back to litherland and see his children,till they were evacuated to wales

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Posted by Obie <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/litherland-ford/info/user=Obie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/12/2024, 8:42:14, in reply to "Re: the Bevan boys"

Just being pedantic - it is Bevin Boys
Named after Ernest Bevin Minister for National Service. It must have been very scary for the young lads going down the mines. Great they get recognised now because it was quite the opposite during the War.

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Posted by Ronnie <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/litherland-ford/info/user=Ronnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/12/2024, 10:20:22, in reply to "Re: the Bevan boys"
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One wretched creature who besmirched their name, who was never brought to justice for his vile crimes

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Before the war my uncle was a gardener,that why he became a Bevin boy,or what i was told many years latter,being a gardener used to working out side,but not down a coal mine,

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