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Work at Black Callerton Colliery - George Stephenson


Extract from: The Life of George Stephenson and of his son Robert Stephenson, by Samuel Smiles, 1881.

Shortly after, George went to Black Callerton Colliery to drive the gin there; and, as that colliery lies about two miles across the fields from Dewley Burn, the boy walked that distance early in the morning to his work, returning home late in the evening.  One of the old residents at Black Callerton, who remembered him at that time, described him to the author as "a grit growing lad, with bare legs an' feet;" adding that he was "very quick-witted, and full of fun and tricks: indeed, there was nothing under the son but he tried to imitate."  He was usually foremost also in the sports and pastimes of youth. 

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