Miners and Recreation
Miners and their families at play
Work hard, play hard!
In spite of their hard physical work, miners were passionate about their sport and hobbies - football, bowls, cricket, pigeon and whippet racing, quoiting, billiards, gardening and many other interests
If you have any information on any of the sports etc listed or information on any other sports, please contact us. Any items will be scanned/photographed and returned immediately.
Don't forget you can access more pages by clicking on where you see bold CAPITALS
QUOITING Quoiting was once a popular sport played by many miners
FOOTBALL If you have any information on Football and Mining please contact us.
PIGEON RACING If you have any information on Pigeon Racing and Mining please contact us
.
CRICKET If you have any information on Cricket and Mining please contact us.
GREYHOUND RACING If you have any information on Greyhound Racing and Mining please contact us.
BOWLS If you have any information on Bowls and Mining please contact us.
