It comes to us all mate, I'm still convinced to this day fifty odd years later that we bought Joe Bonner from Workington for £6K, but apparently it was from Whitehaven, good old Wikipedia, not to mention Wakefield Loco turning into Brookhouse when they lost to Donny in the Challenge cup, especially when I watched the game

Joe Bonnar, a great little scrum half who formed a long term half back partnership with the legendary Dave "Toppo" Topliss.
At the time of the Lofthouse pit disaster in March, 1973, Joe Bonnar did a full shift helping in the rescue attempts to recover the six lost miners and then turned out for Trinity in a night match of the same day. A real hero.

Jesus. Cut from a different cloth those boys. My dad was a miner at the prince of wales colliery, different breed

When was he at POW ? I was there from 91 till the 2002 shut down.

85 to about 95/96 I think.

Best pit out of the 5 I’ve worked at, great set of lads, made some friends for life there.

He knows you! He bumped into you just after Christmas outside the ridings. Small world. Speaks highly of you anyway!

I still have nightmares about that place, I need to lay down just thinking about it.

So does Barnsley Gull!!!!

Bloody hell who would have thought,didn’t know he was your dad, I feel really old now

cracking lad always good for a natter at games and on here

That's because you are old.