Doon the pit........

......me Grandda (that's him on the left) partaking of his bait* alongside two of his marras** in a mine near, or possibly under, Haltwhistle, Northumberland sometime in the mid 50's I'd guess. This is a quick snap of a (very scratched!) photo I've just dug out of the family archive....and can I just say there may have been a bit of a 'whoop, whoop, whoop' when I found it because I'd genuinely never seen it before. Think it deserves scanning properly and an attempt at a bit of sympathetic 'restoration' at some point......

Larn yersel Geordie translation notes
*   packed lunch
**  workmates