Career: Began swimming with Sherwood Colliery Swimming Club and swam for Nottinghamshire at county level.
The Unthanks, a vocal duo from the north-east who've covered Antony and the Johnsons, now join forces with a colliery band for a suite that spans mining life and fatherhood.
"We've got haulage firms that work with the colliery, people who provide services to the mine, local shops and other things".
Following this judgement, the railway company settled out of court with other colliery owners.
The annual Durham Miners' Gala, with its glorious banners, bands and working-class oratory, almost died with the collieries, but the two Davids travelled the county enthusing communities to renew it.
The following day the royal couple watched as procession of locomotives passed between Stockton and Oak Tree Junction, starting with a Hetton Colliery locomotive that had been built in 1822 and finishing with a replica train of ten chaldron waggons and "the company's coach" hauled by Locomotive No.1 propelled by a petrol engine in a specially built tender.
When punk hit, people suddenly stopped buying the stirring, romantic melodies of people like Lancastrian Peter Skellern, who recorded with the Grimethorpe colliery band and had hair like Arthur Scargill.
Gary worked at Grimethorpe colliery with Freddie Fletcher, who played Jud Casper; as a schoolgirl, Gary's wife, Heather, was taught by Colin Welland, who played Mr Farthing the English teacher.
His father, a farmer and owner of a small coalpit, returned each morning from his walk to the colliery with glowing reports of what he had seen in the landscape.
Just like the rest of us, Yorkshire folk have happy relationships (Chris Rea married one of the Stainsby Girls) as well as ones that end sadly – Kate Rusby, the "Barnsley Nightingale", sings My Young Man with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band quintet, and will bring you to tears.
