THE PRICE OF COAL BY TIM WILLIAMS AUGUST 2014 A SON AND BROTHER DIED IN THE COAL FIELDS OF WALES, HE FELL HEADLONG DOWN WYNDHAM PIT, HOW IT DID NOT SAY ON HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE. HE WAS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER, HIS BROTHER SICKENED BY WHAT HAD HAPPENED TOOK ACTION AND UPROOTED HIS FAMILY FROM WALES AND HIS SONS FROM MINING AND WENT TO FIND A BETTER LIFE IN THE PROMISED LAND OF UTAH U.S.A , SO FAR AWAY THEY SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL DOCKS, THEY WENT BY WAGON TRAIN ACROSS AMERICAS WIDE OPEN COUNTRY. THEY DIED IN THE COAL MINES OF UTAH .... A FUTILE EXPEDITION. AND I UNKNOWINGLY MANY YEARS LATER PLAYED FOOTBALL ON TOP OF THE FILLED IN PIT-HEAD, NOW WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW AND WHERE MY GREAT GRANDFATHER DIED. I FEEL A LITTLE LIKE I DANCED ON HIS GRAVE. KNOWLEDGE CAN BE A STRANGE AND SOMETIMES HEAVY BURDEN . SO HOW MUCH THE PRICE OF COAL ?.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 07:25:54 +0000