The sandy soil is easy to dig and remove but each time a tunneller touches the side more sand falls into the tunnel. |
While there, he befriends tunneller Jack Firebrace, who helps him come to terms with both the conflict and his lost love. |
Mr Wood said most of the damage was done in the 1970s when he was working as a coalface worker and tunneller. |
There is little question but that they were far superior to the German tunneller. |
The latter was often a cunning worker, but the British tunneller could always be relied on to beat him for pace. |
Former Blue Peter presenter and veteran actor Peter Duncan plays soldier and expert tunneller Jack Firebrace. |