Tuesday, June 29, 2010

News at Eleven: "I thought about the town . . .

probably a lovely day, probably with the sun shining, probably it was lovely . . . and suddenly a change.

"How would they hear it--some sort of deep down thump before the news came to the top of the pit?"

Ms Clarke added that her late father-in-law had recently retired from a mines rescue team at the time of the disaster and was deeply affected.

Six Bells--28th June 1960--by Gillian Clarke

from BBC News: National poet's Six Bells tribute

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