| Miners' sons were forced down the pits, and from December 1943 Bevin boys were employed. |
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| In another you can see the Bevin boys, the miners who ensured Britain did not run out of coal during the war. |
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| With the ending of the order for prosecution of Bevin boys for non-attendance it became impractical to retain the compulsory labour force. |
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| In the head to head, surveying only Republican primary voters, McConnell bests Bevin 55 percent to 29 percent. |
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| Is an out-of-state, no-name bell maker like Bevin really going to knock off the Senate minority leader? |
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| The harder Benton hits Bevin, the more that coalition is liable to turn on Paul. |
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| But perhaps the main reason Bevin never found any traction is because McConnell was prepared and waiting for him. |
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| Overall, 10 percent of Kentuckians had a favorable view of Bevin to 17 percent unfavorable. |
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| But from outward appearances, the tension between Bevin and Paul has also sparked friction between Paul and Benton. |
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| Matt Bevin is a Louisville businessman and Tea Party favorite who sees the five-term senator as a patsy and a squish. |
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| An August poll showed McConnell leading Bevin by an eye-popping 47 points, a gap even Sarah Palin would have a hard time closing. |
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| Bevin Boy trainees at a North-east colliery harnessing a pit pony during the war. |
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| Neither Bevin nor the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Sir Thomas Phillips liked working with Beveridge as both found him conceited. |
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| Nevertheless, Bevin argued that, elections or no, the Poles in Anders' army should go home. |
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| It was the only general strike in British history, for TUC leaders such as Ernest Bevin considered it a mistake. |
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| Bevin Boys did not wear uniforms or badges, but the oldest clothes they could find. |
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| However, old attitudes still prevailed amongst some members of the general public, with resentment by association towards Bevin Boys. |
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| At that time the Bevin Boys received neither medals nor the right to return to the jobs they had held previously, unlike armed forces personnel. |
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| Historic responsibility within government for the Bevin Boys lies with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. |
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| He also heavily outspent Bevin and went ferociously negative. |
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| Despite stepping on a series of land mines, Bevin fought like a tiger. |
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| One can recall Ernest Bevin, sadly stating that with another million tonnes of coal he could reorientate Britain's foreign policy. |
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| During the Second World War, to ensure production levels were met, conscript labour redirected from the armed forces, the Bevin Boys, was used in the collieries. |
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| Douglas Livingstone's radio play, Road to Durham, is a fictional account of two former Bevin Boys, now in their eighties, as they visit the Durham Miners' Gala. |
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| Part of the church was originally a boiler house used to heat the Nissen Huts that housed the Bevin Boys who worked in the area during the Second World War. |
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| The prime minister told the Commons the Bevin Boys would be rewarded with a Veterans Badge similar to the HM Armed Forces Badge awarded by the Ministry of Defence. |
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| Many Bevin Boys suffered taunts as they wore no uniform, and were wrongly assumed by some thoughtless people to be deliberately avoiding military conscription. |
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| On 2 December Ernest Bevin explained the scheme in more detail. |
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| It was the only general strike in British history, as union leaders such as Ernest Bevin, who had coordinated the strike, considered it a mistake. |
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| Three years later, Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour in the wartime National government, invited Beveridge to take charge of the Welfare department of his Ministry. |
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