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This moving, articulate and compelling CD faithfully recreates the story of the 1898 Whitwick No.5 Pit Disaster in which 35 men and boys were tragically lost. The underground fire was so intense that it proved impossible to recover all of the bodies and thus some souls remain beneath the Leicestershire soil to this day. The dramatic events portrayed on the CD captures the humour, camaraderie, fear ,terror and resilience of the men, women and boys of this mining community. It was a community intrinsically and wholly locked together in this most tragic sequence of events. The voices, spoken by actors, transports the listener to a time and place long lost and enables an empathetic awareness of how these terrible moments might have felt. Employing spoken drama, music and narration the CD paints the emotional human aspects of the disaster and opens a cultural and historical audio window upon the lives, times and experiences of this close knit village huddling on the outskirts of the Leicestershire town of Coalville. The sense of devastation arising from this, the County`s largest mining accident, impacted as surely and completely as a rampaging plague leaving a whole community wounded and alone to mourn its loss. The cruel legacy of this most human of disasters continues to be felt to this day in this small corner of the County. The CD is written and produced by Brian Langtry and Legless Productions.
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Brian Langtry has been a resident of Ashby de la Zouch since 1987. He is a playwright, musician, director, producer, and occasional actor having some 35 plays published across both the professional and amateur markets. National tours include " The Eva Cassidy Story " ( 9 U.K. and European tours ). " The Billie Holiday Story " ( 3 U.K. and European tours). " Hello I`m Johnny Cash " ( UK and Studio tours 2005/2006 ) and many performances of his full length and one act plays within the amateur field.
He was the founder member of the Black Country`s favourite folk group " Giggetty " who between 1971 and 1987 made many appearances on national and local TV; hosted their own local radio programme for 3 years, produced 9 albums, wrote music for BBC radio and TV documentaries, jingles and theme music. Giggetty performed over a 100 gigs per year for the whole period.
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