About the author Chris Skelding was born in the Miners’ Hospital, Caerphilly in 1951 and spent his first fifteen years in the tiny mining village of Senghenydd. After studying at Caerphilly Grammar Technical School, he took up a student apprenticeship with the National Coal Board and studied mining engineering part-time at the Treforest School of Mines (now the University of Glamorgan). In 1982, Chris obtained a B Sc (Hons) at University College Cardiff leading to 40 years of international mining. He still works occasionally as a consultant mining engineer for the Papua New Guinea Chamber of Mines and Petroleum. Chris has three adult children and three grandchildren and lives on the Capricorn Coast of Queensland, Australia. chris_skelding@hotmail.com Books available on Kindle or paperback on Amazon in most countires Chris Skelding Enjoyed the book by the way. A fascinating account of the thrills of a fully-lived life in and around the world of mining. Once again, I take my hat off to you! Paul James 9/12/2022 A history of my grandfather Will, who lived in Pontlottyn, Tiryberth and Glanynant. A history of my Grandfather Walter, who lived in Wales, India, Sierra Leone, Rhodesia and elsewhere.
