B L Coombes Author

Bertie Louis Coombes, or B. L. Coombes (1893-1974), was a Welsh coalminer, notable for his autobiography These Poor Hands: The Autobiography of a Miner in South Wales (1939) which became an instant bestseller. He also produced short stories, dramas and other autobiographical works about the lives of coalminers and the communities in which they lived.