'Twechar to me will always be special!' by John Stephen Burns

Twechar to me will always be special!

Twechar to me will always be special!

Twechar to me is where my maternal grandparents lived.

My parents and my brothers lived and all my aunts, uncles and cousins lived.

We were born and brought up in the greatest wee mining village in the world.

Most of the first folk we know were Twecharites.

They come from far and wide just to cross the bascule bridge or to come in from the tree lined tunnel at the top of village but whatever way we came in, like Jean Porter said,

“Its how we know we're home.”

John Stephen Burns