All six episodes from the second series of the of the BBC Wales retro reality show in which three families are transported back in time to the South Wales coalfields of 1944. All men & boys over the age of 14 are expected to work a long day as coalminers as well as performing their wartime duties for the Home Guard. Meanwhile, the women must run the home under 1944 conditions, as well as doing war work & struggling to feed their families on limited rations. ...

A diary of 12-year-old Gwen Cartwright, whose family left behind various modern-day luxuries, swapping their high-tech lifestyle for a basic miner's cottage. It records what it is like to live as a child in a 1920s working family
- the hardships that they faced & the surprising simple pleasures that are overlooked in our modern-day lives.
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Dramatic mine accidents early in 2006 have led to passage of the first major amendment to federal mine safety law since 1977. The Mine Improvement & New Emergency Response Act requires each mine to have an emergency plan, increased supplies of oxygen, & enhanced rescue teams. ...

Biopic of country singer Loretta Lynn. Starting out life in the mountain town of Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, Loretta (Sissy Spacek) goes on to become one of America's biggest country stars. Marriage to ne'er do well Doolittle ' Mooney' Lynn (Tommy Lee Jones) follows, but fame comes at a price when Loretta becomes addicted to prescription drugs. Also starring Beverly D' Angelo as Patsy Cline. ...

From October 2006, the CON 29M search expands to include coal mining enquiries & written enquiries previously made to the Cheshire Brine Subsidence Compensation Board. This book contains the Law Society''s guidance & the Coal Authority''s advice & user guide to help practitioners order the search & understand the results. ...