While canvassing for the Scottish independence referendum in 2014 Neil Findlay made a discovery. Visiting the home that used to be his grandparents he was shown a plywood panel where John Jock Findlay his grandfather had written his lifes tale. This is Jocks story. Jock grew up and grew old in the West Lothian village of Pumpherston a village dominated by one industry shale oil mining. In his own words he describes the good times and the hard times of living and working in Pumpherston. This is