Thanks for that Ollie,
I did try searching the net but without any luck at all.
By "local" you mean a Dean publication I presume ?.

Re Dean cavers my old friend in Cinderford was/is Greg Jones, haven't seen him for abt 5 years except he was featured on a BBC Countryfile programme (caving in the Dean) a few years ago, do you know him by any chance ?. Never occured to me before but his dad Ray was a miner locally, maybe that was what inspired Greg to go underground?.

Anyhow, thanks again for your most interesting site & intriguing story.

Jeff.