Family Took in Coal Worker During War ; Peter Cotton Tells Zita Collinson How the Community of Chesterton Pulled Together During a Time of Need and How His Own Family Took in a 'Bevin Boy' From London

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › August 22, 2010

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PETER Cotton can still remember the miner who came to stay with his family during World War Two.

The middle sibling of eight children, Peter recalls how the London man, Alf Powell, was sent to live at his home after he recruited to work in the collieries.

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Family Took in Coal Worker During War ; Peter Cotton Tells Zita Collinson How the Community of Chesterton Pulled Together During a Time of Need and How His Own Family Took in a 'Bevin Boy' From London

One of thousands of so-called 'Bevin Boys' sent to the nation's coalfields during the war, the visitor was assigned to North Staffordshir...

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