The Coal Miner’s Son

John and Annie Baugh left England in 1923 to work the Hikurangi coal mines with a bunch of other Lancs. Their son Cliff wrote vividly and well, mainly about depression-era dairy farming, coal mining and his personal experiences during World War 2. I’ve posted his stories in sections, which you can access below, including links to the individual pages.

• 1930–35: Dairy farming in the depression
• 1936: Coal mining
• 1936–41: God, Dorothy and the coming war
• 1941–45: At War

I expect to add additional pages over time, as well as images, cross-links etc.

You’ll find more about this project and my role in it here.

Comments and contributions are welcome ~ Ian