my dad used to have a grew when he came home from nights down pit he would go of coursing for a few hours and being an old mining village so did every bugger else
I used to do the same Gafer, day,s, nights & afters, but as you say,every miner did back then, no mobiles, no helicopters, happy day's, lol.
just coppers to dodge on strike or ya was getting a good feking kiking lol are old man said it was loads better back in them days
I took alot of edible stuff during the strike gafer, it was a bad 12 months for the keepers LOL, i had a mate who got sent down for taking sheep