Download or read book The Last Shift: A True Story written by Irene Tatlow and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-05-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This may appear just another book set in backdrop of a small coal mining village in the north of England in the early part of the twentieth century...or so you might think....This is the remarkable true story of a man's life that should have been as simple as the next, except it was not....THIS IS TOM'S STORY. As a man all he wanted to do was make a simple living for himself and provide for his family. In spite of and perhaps because of events, his life would demand of him extraordinary courage to handle situations most would find impossible. In the midst of all of this he retained his spirit of humour and fun but even this would be sorely tested to breaking point...