The smaller of the two gentlemen featured used to work at Mountain Colliery handing out miners' lamps."

1932

see 1.83 and 1.269 for other entries on "Little Johnny" and "Little Jimmy"

The story goes that their mother worked in one of the brickworks, taking her two baby sons with her. In order to be able to carry on with her work, she placed them in the drying room and dosed them with laudenam. It is possible that this stunted their growth.

Author: Anon

The smaller of the two gentlemen featured used to work at Mountain Colliery handing out miners' lamps."

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