Leicestershire - Vision from the Dark

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 21st Year

Issue

Issue No.

3

Date Released

Nov 1967

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Staffordshire - Checkpoint
2. 2Nottinghamshire - J. Bacon & Sons
3. 3London - Goggle Box
4. 4Leicestershire - Vision from the Dark

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

NoS synopsis: A faceworker, Harry Haines, at Donisthorpe Colliery writes poems of his experiences down the pit.
NCB Commentary - 20 years as a faceworker at Donisthorpe Colliery has not dimmed Harry Haine’s delight in making poetry.
Harry Haines writes out of his own experience, and people come to listen and to share. At the Bull’s Head in Ashby, poetry reading sessions are now a pattern of the pub.
From out of the ruins of Ashby Castle are strung together a skein of verse which will enthrall the listeners back at the Bull’s Head.
Mining men are of manifold talent. From out of the depths of Harry Haine’s intellect and emotion come words which touch the ordinary listener - and make him want to listen.

Keywords

Mining; Writers

Locations

England; Leicestershire

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Films on Coal Catalogue   1969, p.54
The National Archives COAL 32   /13 Scripts for Mining Review, 1960-1963

Credits:

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Production Co.

National Coal Board Film Unit