Rohumaa

And sorry to hear about the accident and hope you are on the mend!! x

Hi, Many thanks - that's him!!! Yes, family joke that he was called Limpet. So lovely to read your posts which are so evocative and brilliantly written. And sorry for tardy reply but when I checked there were no replies at first so I am absolutely delighted to read your posts. I'm sure Lembit Rohumaa = Geordie translation to = Limpet Llondundra - I'll check on Google later!! Yes, ChoppingtonB sounds right as he lived in Sheepwash Avenue. The conditions were, as you say, unbelievable - he always had an inch long scar with a black line on his hand which he said was his lucky piece of coal. Thanks you so much for replying, Liisa

Hi everyone, New here and have lost my accent - born in Morpeth and now living in the south where my late father retired. His name was LEMBIT ROHUMAA and he died in 2009 at the age of 83, a good age for an ex-miner! I'm really interested just for my own sake to find out if anyone knew him when he was a miner - I know he was a miner from about 1948 to middle of the sixties at Ashington and Bedlington - maybe Choppington?. He said how kind and friendly people were to him, he was grateful to be alive and loved the humour and Newcastle Brown etc! and they were some of the happiest memories even though the work must have been tough..... A few clues: he came here from Estonia after being in a displaced person's camp after the war and was in a terrible state when he arrived. He was 6ft 2, and big and strong probably with a thick accent, probably a bit quiet, and might have been know as Len (since the name is a mouthful!) And he was 'adopted' by a local family who took him in as lodger, fed him and who subsequently became part of an extended geordie family - Their good humour and kindness kept him alive and I will be eternally in their debt. Such great people up there!!! I'm just here to find out if anyone knew him, has any remembrances of him or any info on what he did in the mines as I am very interested in that time and history (wished I'd asked more about it) . Liisa

Hi everyone, New here and have lost my accent - born in Morpeth and now living in Dorset where my late father retired. His name was LEMBIT ROHUMAA and he died in 2009 at the age of 83, a good age for an ex-miner! I'm really interested just for my own sake to find out if anyone knew him when he was a miner - I know he was a miner from about 1948 to middle of the sixties at Ashington and Bedlington. He said how kind and friendly people were to him, he was grateful to be alive and loved the humour and Newcastle Brown etc! and they were some of the happiest memories even though the work must have been tough..... A few clues: he came here from Estonia after being in a displaced person's camp after the war and was in a terrible state when he arrived. He was 6ft 2, and big and strong probably with a thick accent, probably a bit quiet, and might have been know as Len (since the name is a mouthful!) And he was 'adopted' by a local family who took him in as lodger, fed him and who subsequently became part of an extended geordie family - Their good humour and kindness kept him alive and I will be eternally in their debt. Such great people up there!!! I'm just here to find out if anyone knew him, has any remembrances of him or any info on what he did in the mines as I am very interested in that time and history (wished I'd asked more about it) - and have started reading copies of Creeful of Coals. Liisa Rohumaa