Like so many other lads in North Staffordshire, George Shufflebotham
followed his father down the pit, so he knew what to expect when he
rolled up for his first day at Berry Hill Colliery.
Between 1996 and 2003 he wrote a series of popular articles that were
featured in the Sentinel newspaper in the series "the way we were" and
"all your yesterday's". This selection of those articles recall the
experiences of working underground and reflect on the many human aspects
of a working life down the pit.