206105 Allan Wolf Abrahams Bevin Boy My dad Allan Wolf Abrahams was a Bevin Boy from 1944 to the end. He would have been 18 in October 1944. He stayed in the mines after the war until 1960 as a shot-firer.
I was always told that he volunteered for the pits rather than fight as he was a conscientious objector. I don't know now if that wass true. He was Jewish (from the East End of London)and had some difficulties with anti-Semitic attitudes during his time with the Coal Board.
I don't know where he did his training but he was posted to Wigan. I think he stayed with a Mrs Hamilton. Some time later he moved (or was moved) up to Scotland where he was at Patna Colliery, Ayrshire. He met my Mum in Glasgow in 1956. He finished at Mansfield, Notts.
I haven't seen anything about Bevin Boys at the Wigan coalfield. If anybody remembers anything or knew my Dad please get in touch. He died sadly early in 1979 after a car crash. He was only 52.
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