Well, just thought I'd let you know what I've been up to today. Something slightly out of the ordinairy in fact.

This morning I attended the first ever Yorkshire Miners' Memorial Day service. It was quite a moving service, which included a presentation by performers from the Lamproom Theatre (Barnsley) including several children, and a folk musician, Dick Walker.

The presentation and songs told the story of a mining disaster in which 26 child workers were killed and how that lead to the petition for improved conditions. I arrived quite early, and seated myself in a prime spot, just behind the dignataries, I may only have been there representing myself and Joe public, but I scrub up well, so I felt that I was entitled to sit where I liked.

After the church, there was to be food and a brass band concert, but I didn't stay for that, as I had to come home and feed the family. Pity really, because I would have enjoyed the music.

I had an uncle who died from injuries received in a pit accident. I never knew him, only of him, as it happened before I was born, but nevertheless, I said a special prayer today for my dad's brother "Horace" who I believe died when he was about 26yrs old.