The recollections of a coal miner and soldier who survived both the Senghennydd pit explosion and the horrors of the World War I trenches, told through the medium of a conversation between him and his grandson, the author.
David Barnes is a freelance journalist who specialises in rugby. Having been forced to retire from the game because of a knee injury he has covered club, pro-team and international rugby for Scotland on Sunday, The Sunday Herald, Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.
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