Pride and the Shame of a Coalminer's Bairns

At the age of almost 47 years old I find myself travelling South on the M6 Motorway heading towards the village that I grew up in, almost 37 years have passed since I was wrenched overnight from everything I knew
On May 16th this year my Parents would have celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary that is, if things had been different
The journey is a strange one as I find my mind racing through...