English: The town my family washed up in was built on coal and steam. Both the railways and the coal mines are now a thing of the past. I once worked with ex miners when I was a builder and learned among other things how to operate a shovel,. A skill which has stood me in good stead for many years.

Recreation took place in less controlled and polished surroundings back in the day. The Miner's Pool was created my damming the small stream in the Waterside Valley to make a bathing area. Once upon a time it had walls and changing rooms, now it is largely overgrown but there is talk of reinstating it as the fashion for 'wild swimming' begins to spread. 'Wild swimming' is what my parents' generation would have referred to as swimming.

This is number six in my 100x where x = water