Says who ?

[wide eyed and legless]

They weren't socks that was coal dust.

 

[Bribie G]

My grandad used to work down Grimethorpe Pit in Yorkshire and he definitely wore S&S on our holidays at Bridlington.
ed: but he came home spotless after every shift because of t'pit head baths

And yes they all ate heaps of lard, smoked Woodbines fags and drank Barnsley Bitter.
Real men.