Morning all, There is a nice little article (Feature) on Thornley colliery, a gent called Gully and miner's unions in The Northern Echo. Light reading: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/3945525.Ex_con_fights_his_way_to_c olliery_fame/ Regards -- Alan Johnson, Geotr@ns www.geotrans-online.de German->English, Geoscience/Technical http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/ Terminus Est