He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pi… — Barbara Castle

He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit.

Barbara CastlePolitician · British · 1910 – 2002

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When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. — William Shakespeare
Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars. — Victor Hugo
And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale. — Barbara Castle
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