It is made difficult or impossible for women settled here to be joined by their menfolk.
The menfolk worked for the local authority refuse collection department.
By simply keeping the home fires burning, they give their menfolk in the field an important morale boost.
Dependants, wives and families, must be allowed to join their menfolk.
What is more important is that the miners' wives, who are bearing the brunt of the overtime ban, are resolutely behind their menfolk.
I am told that a number of relatives still do not know where their menfolk are being detained.
And when she will have to render the account of her deeds, she cannot attribute her beliefs and deeds to her menfolk in order to get herself exculpated.
Those who had menfolk ' in business ', or who had social or political aspirations themselves (or whose families did), worked to achieve the right blend of society and politics.
