1.0The Cardiffianhttps://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/thecardiffianLaura Clementshttps://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/thecardiffian/author/clements-l/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1VEKnz82o0"><a href="https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/thecardiffian/2018/02/02/mine-disaster-setting-debut-novel/">Mine disaster is setting for debut novel</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/thecardiffian/2018/02/02/mine-disaster-setting-debut-novel/embed/#?secret=1VEKnz82o0" width="600" height="338" title="“Mine disaster is setting for debut novel” — The Cardiffian" data-secret="1VEKnz82o0" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/thecardiffian/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2018/02/pam-and-phil.png640480ONE of Britain’s worst coal-mining disasters doesn’t seem like the obvious setting for a love story. But Llanishen author Pamela Cartlidge, 55, has just published her debut novel which draws on romance amid death and destruction after an explosion at the Gresford Colliery coalfield in Wrexham. The mining disaster, on Saturday, September 22, 1934, left 226 men and boys dead. Only 11 bodies were ever recovered. “It’s such a tragic event that people shouldn’t be allowed to forget,” said Pamela. […]