BEVIN’S BOYS

UNSUNG HEROES | WORLD WAR TWO

Between late 1943 and early 1948, an army of young men – many of them conscripts – descended into the pits to fulfil a desperate need for fuel. Stephen Robertsshines a light on the dangerous work of Britain’s Bevin Boys.

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