Colin Griffiths

This unique monograph, based on empirical research, used the oral history approach to explore the careers of 31 intellectual disability nurses from England and the Republic of Ireland; each with at least 30 years' experience. We sought to understand motives for such long service to nursing practice. Some had worked in the intellectual disability hospitals of the 19th and 20th Centuries. In both jurisdictions these have almost closed and been replaced with smaller living configurations; subsequently few such nurses have experience of these institutions. This makes it important to hear their stories, which were digitally recorded; now forming a unique collection in the Royal College of Nursing's archives. These oral histories when synthesised with prevailing discourse of intellectual disability nursing from literature, and research put into perspective contemporary nursing workforce challenges faced by these nurses in both jurisdictions. Their stories are testament, amongst other things, to a strong 'sense of justice… doing the right thing and making a difference'. Some reported a 'very early interest in working with people with intellectual disabilities'. And at 'journey’s end' sadly, almost universally, they reported a sense of being 'undervalued'. Their narratives articulate enormous health and social care change witnessed over three decades or more. But above all else they give voice to commitment, dedication, and kindness to a vulnerable, and often marginalised people, those with intellectual disabilities, as such it gives voice to otherwise 'Untold Stories'.

There are a thousand secrets hidden in the beautiful mountains of Llanmiskin. At the end of school term, five teenagers go to the mountain to celebrate. Only four return. 10 years later the five have a subliminal message from the supposed dead person. There is going to be a reunion? Will they ever find out what happened on that mountain.

he Llanmiskin mountains held thousands of secrets. Soon there was to be one more that will remain there for ten years. It was the last day of the school term and six teenagers went up into the mountains to celebrate. Only five returned. Ten years later the same five people recieve a subliminal message. There was going to be a reunion. With broken lives and lost lovers, will they find the answers they need?

The tales of Underwood in one volume. A detour in a storm will take you to a world you will want to forget.

A collection of poetry written over a 40 year period. Colin Griffiths is currently know for his works of fiction. Including the award wining Someone Else's Dream

Six-year-old Jenny Williams almost died in the car accident that cruelly claimed the lives of her best friend Lily and LilyOs parents. Her brush with death and her recovery saw Jenny labelled a miracle child. When she was finally released from hospital, her physical scars may have healed, but something sinister was still within her head a shadow on her mind that would eventually grow and dominate her later life. As a teenager, a horrific series of murders would awaken that shadow and that best friend sheOd lost all those years ago loomed high in her mind. Disturbed by the tainting of her mind, Jenny set off in search of a new life. She would soon discover, her old life, though, was not that easy to leave behind. How would Jenny cope with the realisation that she was forever tainted by the past as she becomes one of the most hated teenagers in Britain.

At the age of six Jenny Williams almost died in a car crash. The same car crash that saw her best friend, Lily and her friends parents perish. Jenny was labored a miracle child the day she was released from hospital at just seven years old. She didnt leave the hospital in the best of health. Whilst the broken bones and the cuts and bruises had healed. The shadow that had embedded itself on her brain will always remain, and eventually grow.It was 10 years later and a series of horrific murders that awoke the shadow, and the best friend she lost all those years ago seemed prevelent once more. With a feeling of being tainted by the revelation, Jenny set off in search of a new life.She was soon to find out that the old life was never far behind her.Find out how Jenny coped after being tainted as one of the most hated teenagers in Britain.

The third and Final chapter in the Fenton Saga as Daniel, Madison and Todd are faced once more with their evil father. Who will perish as they try to rid the world of Bill Fenton.

Francis has looked after her mother all her adult life. she has her first real boyfriend at the age of 27. She thinks it is time for her to move away from her mother's clutches and start a life of her own. Will her mother let her chase her dreams?

Gavin was eleven years old when his little brother died. Damien was the youngest of seven when his life was tragically taken away. Did the family pull together in grief? Hear Gavin's story as he watched his family fall apart. He set out for retribution, he found love and lost it again, and then he lost his way as his dead brother still haunted him. A novella written by Colin Griffiths

It's been three years since the awful death of his three year old daughter Aimee. Matt Conner did not take that loss well. For three years he had been medicated to help him deal with his loss. On the third Anniversary of Aimee's death, he made the mental choice to start leading a normal life once more. With his medication binned, and the news that his ex-wife had become pregnant from her new partner, he embarked on that new life. Then the dreams came. Carla Reid had moderate success when her first book 'Charlotte's Dream' was published. writing had become an outlet for her, to help bury past events. it was only when she became an Indie author did the social media aspect have an influence on her life. infatuated by the idea that she could eventually lead a life as deep and meaningful as the character in her books, she embarks on meeting the man that could change her life forever. An emotional journey, where two broken minds meet up to find love, only to find something much more darker.

UnderwoodOne way in, No way out.A supernatural thriller, a village in South Wales is not all that it seems, Can the family escape the evil characters and the creature that lurks in the woods.Are the residents who they really appear to be, a race to escape from a town that really shouldn't exis