"Kelloe, Bowburn & West Cornforth’, are all very individual, independent unique villages. All have been supported by their own Collieries that employed a high percentage of the personnel from the communities. All of the villages had Workingmen’s Clubs, Community Centres and a host of shops and licensed premises where they spent leisure hours away from the grime and hard work of the pits. The book contains many people including many war heroes, Stories of times long ago all enough to create pleasant memories.