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title: "4 Father Coal Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knowles/my-father-was-in-the-coal-business-in-west-virginia-both-dad-and/)

[John Knowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knowles/)

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> [My father was a coal hewer from Goldthorpe, a coal-mining village in South Yorkshire. He played for the Yorkshire second team as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-blessed/my-father-was-a-coal-hewer-from-goldthorpe-a-coal-mining-village-in/)

[Brian Blessed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-blessed/)

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> [I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-jones/i-come-from-a-coal-mining-working-class-background-my-father-was-a/)

[Tom Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/tom-jones-11270_backgrounds_i-come-from-a-coal-mining-working-class_765863.png)

> [I came from a very, very small valley in the middle of South Wales. I grew up there with my father, who's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-barnard/i-came-from-a-very-very-small-valley-in-the-middle-of-south-wales-i/)

[Aneurin Barnard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aneurin-barnard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/aneurin-barnard-12075_came_i-came-from-a-very-very-small-valley-in_1630560.jpg)

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