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"I hadn't lived in the past pit town of Lynemouth since 1961 however the winding road north from Newcastle will be the same nostalgic highway, each twist priced with vivid stories and powerful emotions...." So starts a story full of wonderful humour, emotional candour, and hardy stories of tough times - a quietly epic family saga arranged amid the pit villages of the Northeast. It extends from the 1920s, before Sid's parents experienced even achieved, to the final shutting of the mine and his mother's loss of life, in 1999. Sid paints a picture of your colourful, tight knit community full of good times and effort, god-fearing women and hard-drinking men. Always dominating the skyline is Auld Betty, the pit head that got the men away everyday and, with a prayer, brought them back each evening. Between the unforgettable cast of his prolonged family and friends, we follow the Waddells' endeavors to stay afloat and provide a much better future and possible get away for children like Sid.
