She wanted him to settle down and become a coalman, home in time for tea. |
A This is a throwback to the days when the coalman delivered to properties along shared pathways. |
If a coalman sells a bag of coal with 10 kg less coal in it than it should have, then he will make an extra profit. |
He was the fifth of 16 children born to a coalman, and he shared a bedroom in the end-terrace house with three brothers. |
However, the son of a Somerset coalman wasn't content with staying put in Devon. |
Former boxer and coalman Wray was one of a family of nine born in a slum in Glasgow's Gorbals. |