BBC Radio 4 - The Light

The author Bernard Hare recalls the day, forty years ago, his dad took him on a terrifying trip down a coal mine - and how that day changed his life. This is a story of fatherhood, fear and learning.
Writer & Presenter: Bernard Hare.
Producer: Charlotte Pritchard.

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Fri 4 Dec 201513:45

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A real Good Samaritan
Bernard Hare writes for BBC Magazine, on an act of kindness that changes him profoundly.
How my father gave me a terrifying lesson at 10
The lesson Bernard Hare's father gave him in a mine aged 10. From BBC Magazine.

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At the Coalface
Listening for lights out. Burrow down deep for tales of dirt and darkness.