LADY VICTORIA MINE, NEWTONGRANGE, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND. GEORGE RALSTON (73) WHO WORKED AS A BEVIN BOY DURING THE WAR AT THE LADY VICTORIA MINE IN NEWT

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LADY VICTORIA MINE, NEWTONGRANGE, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND. GEORGE RALSTON (73) WHO WORKED AS A BEVIN BOY DURING THE WAR AT THE LADY VICTORIA MINE IN NEWTONGRANGE. BEVIN BOYS, NAMED AFTER ERNEST BEVIN, THE MINISTER OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE, WERE MEN OF ALL AGES WHO EITHER VOLUNTEERED OR WERE CONSCRIPTED TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY DOWN THE MINES DURING WORLD WAR II.

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