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Is Pithead a real place?
Laura I believe its not an official name of a city, but its a place where the miners worked. The coal mines that they called Pits. I tried looking the name …moreI believe its not an official name of a city, but its a place where the miners worked. The coal mines that they called Pits. I tried looking the name up, but only found Pit bath house. That's where the miners bathe after working their shift in the pits, coal mines.
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Shuggie Bain
by Douglas Stuart (Goodreads Author)
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