Days That Used
To Be
When in 1962 the local planning authority decided to close a colliery in North-West Durham and destroy its village as he knew it, Stuart Bell dedicated two years of his life to documenting the poignant story and presenting it in the form of a powerful work of fiction, as seen through the eyes of two brothers: Ray and Gerald Holt.
Ray wants to keep the village alive, like a flame, where life is traditional, flowing as a stream flows. Gerald believes the village has been dead so long he wonders it it ever lived.
Thus, a confluence of past and present meet in the strong, wilful characters of these two determined men, and their lives and loves in a village which is no more.
ISBN: 0-9036920-3-1
Paperback
£3.99
When in 1962 the local planning authority decided to close a colliery in North-West Durham and destroy its village as he knew it, Stuart Bell dedicated two years of his life to documenting the poignant story and presenting it in the form of a powerful work of fiction, as seen through the eyes of two brothers: Ray and Gerald Holt.
Ray wants to keep the village alive, like a flame, where life is traditional, flowing as a stream flows. Gerald believes the village has been dead so long he wonders it it ever lived.
Thus, a confluence of past and present meet in the strong, wilful characters of these two determined men, and their lives and loves in a village which is no more.
ISBN: 0-9036920-3-1
Paperback
£3.99
