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Journey to Arras
Television (Full Length) – 1997
Men were used to hard work and long hours of back-breaking toil. Coal mines powered the railways and fueled the cities. The men working in these essential industries had just the experience the tunneling company was looking for.– From the narration, on the suitability of colonial workers for tunnneling
20 metres beneath the surface you can’t help thinking of the weight of the earth above, but if it hasn’t collapsed in 80 years it should be alright.– Clare Mashiter, on following her grandfather Captain Robert Ronayne’s footsteps
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