Strong stuff. And it puts, once more, the lie to the story of 'ordinary folk' - because there is plenty of drama to be had here.

To the best of my knowledge, the coal mine in Bagillt was still open at the time Thomas Jones left. Of course, these days, the only thing that is left are plenty of pubs, and a couple of shafts.

Architectural horror story for jhetley: the searches on my property returned 'no risk of subsidence.' Which meant that when I stumbled across the news that the previous houses on the site had to be razed to the ground because subsidence had made them unsafe came as a bit of a shock. Admittedly, I did not have problems - they *had* stabilised the site - but still...