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Location DB > Wales > Gwynedd > Blaenau Ffestiniog > Slate, Slate, Slate... > SnakeCorp Visit 28/5/05 > bIMGP0088

17 / 43   bIMGP0088

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One of the zig-zag routes where the miners used to walk to work. It was not uncommon for men to walk 10, even 20 miles to start work at 6am. The average wage of a quarryman in 1845 was 75p per week and life expectancy 47 years.
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Posted by IIVQ 8/28/2005 9:13 PM | remove
  And they probably didn't get paid until they were at the work site...
Posted by SnakeCorp 8/29/2005 11:32 AM | remove
  Correct!
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