Dole Not Coal Comments

Excellent write, You sum up the once proud people with dignity and respect, then the other end of the spectrum with utter hopelessness. Simple but powerful write.

This is so descriptive honest and powerful in that honesty. They had a tough dangerous life but they had respect and self respect. Now they suffer mentally I think. I saw a documentary where there was a major pit disaster in Wales where 200 men got trapped and died and the pit owners docked part of their wages as they didn't finish a full shift. How would their families of felt. Sorry j went off on a tangent but I was distressed. A great study of human nature