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@arthurcole
• 5 years ago
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Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell
Edith Louisa CAVELL was a British nurse. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides in the Great War. She did this without discrimination. She...
@arthurcole
• 5 years ago
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War Horse
War Horse
WAR HORSE
I remember it well, as if yesterday,
my master cried, but he had to obey.
Uniformed men, they stole me that day,
my future now destined, a land far...
@arthurcole
• 5 years ago
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Mametz Wood Remembered
Mametz Wood Remembered
MAMETZ WOOD REMEMBERED
That futile war, never forgotten.the Somme a hundred years on.Battle lines drawn, no man's land,brave men preparing to die.
Birdsong fell...
@arthurcole
• 5 years ago
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Parc Slip Remembered
Parc Slip Remembered
At 8.20am an explosion occurred at the Parc Slip Colliery, Aberkenfig, near Tondu. One hundred and twelve men and young boys lost their lives, may they all R.I.P....
@arthurcole
• 5 years ago
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Pit Ponies
Pit Ponies
PIT PONIES
I was four when I started, my life underground,
stabled below, coal dust would abound.
Miners my friends, they treated me well,
for one, oh so young, the...
@arthurcole
• 5 years ago
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Pen-Y-Fan
Pen-Y-Fan
'Pen-Y-Fan'
She's a jewel in the crown, a snow covered peak,
a stairway to heaven, though in winter so bleak.
An everlasting reminder, of a glacial past,
formed out...
@arthurcole
• 5 years ago
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Posted a new blog:
MinIng Poetry
MinIng Poetry
My Coal Mining Poetry book 'An Industry Now Lost'
@arthurcole
• 5 years ago
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World War One Poems
World War One Poems
This is my World War One Book of Poems
@arthurcole
• 5 years ago
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Posted a new blog:
Aberfan Poem
Aberfan Poem
At 9.15 am on Friday the 21st October 1966, a colliery spoil tip collapsed into many
homes, and the Pantglas Junior School, killing 116 children and 28 adults.
This...
@arthurcole
• 5 years ago
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POET FOR THE COMMON MAN
POET FOR THE COMMON MAN
I WAS BORN IN CAERAU A SMALL MINING VILLAGE AT THE TOP OF THE LLYNFI VALLEY, MAESTEG. MY DAD WAS A MINER, AS WERE ALL MY CLOSE FAMILY.I JOINED THE POLICE SERVICE IN...
