Person:Thomas Turner (60)

Worked as a coal miner after leaving school until the second world war. He was keen to join the army, but coal mining was a reserved occupation, so in order to join the army he had to leave his job. He joined the army and was put into the Pioneer Corps, this was due to an eye injury he had received as a boy where part of his iris was missing (his friend cutting a nail using a pair of pliers, part of the nail hit his eye). After the war he got married and moved to Wellington in Shropshire where he worked in a factory (Sankeys) painting tractor wheels. After two years he moved back to Springside and went back to coal mining. He worked in the Warrix Pit for a few years then moved to Lochlea mine (near Mauchline) as it was opening up, he worked there until he had to leave for medical reasons. He next worked in an engineering factory in a lighter job operating an overhead crane. He collapsed at work and was taken to hospital where he was unconsious for three days, after waking up he was diagnosed with a collapsed disc in he back. He never worked again. He was in his early fifties.

Marriage Certificate

Thomas & Agnes Turner

Thomas & Agnes Turner with Jim McGhee & Annie Banks

1. ↑ Death. pneumonia, after a autopsy his lungs were found to be heavily contaminated with stone and coal dust.
2. ↑ Birth Certificate
3. ↑ Death Certificate