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WesleyLees

The Monkey Run
replied on: 12/12/2006 11:19:13 AM

Further evidence that the pharse "Monkey Run" was widespread in the area comes from a song/poem from Beighton:

Harness’s Fair on the Welfare ground
And the boys of the village all gather round
“Can we help you mister, and we’ll all bring our sisters
For a ride on the Twister on Saturday night
Courting near Tomkinson’s Corner
On the Monkey Run eyeing the boys
You’d better not miss the chance for a kiss
Or a walk out at Bedgreave so far from the noise

The very first pay packet from the pit
Buys some fish for my best girl at Swallownest
A village of miners, our work here defines us
The picket lines up for our jobs and our pay
The smell of the tar and the sulphur
From the coke ovens grimy and black
But if you want some posies, no blackspot on your roses
What do you suppose is the reason for that?

Wesley

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