Miners from Glamorganshire and Stafford let down their hair with festivals, galas and lashings of beer.

Mining communities from around the country let down their hair in these light-hearted news stories from Ystrad Gynlais, Stafford and the Norfolk coast. No matter if it's the ancient Celtic ceremony of dressing the Logan Stone in preparation for next year's Eisteddfod, or the more modern tradition of racing with a 100cwt sack of coal, the Brits always know how to have fun!

Eisteddfod 1954: The consecration of the grounds for next year's Esiteddfod at
Ystrad Gynlais, Glam. Sea Coal: An echo-Sounding survey of the seabed, Sack
Race: The Strattford Rugby Football Club's summer gala, with a mile race fo r
coal-men carrying hundredweight sacks of coal.