My Grandfather appears at 0:17, lighting cigarettes with no helmet. He was called Bob Ellis and he lived in Pant near Rhosllenerchrhugog. He was the leader of the Hafod colliery rescue team. The significance of the cigarette lighting was it was like when you face the firing squad and have your last cigarette. They didn't know if they would come back alive and indeed some didn't.
My Grandfather appears at 0:17, lighting cigarettes with no helmet. He was called Bob Ellis and he lived in Pant near Rhosllenerchrhugog. He was the leader of the Hafod colliery rescue team. The significance of the cigarette lighting was it was like when you face the firing squad and have your last cigarette. They didn't know if they would come back alive and indeed some didn't.