Coal Mining Prints - Young Pony Driver

Coal Mining Prints - Young Pony DriverSigned print "His job was to keep the miners at the coal face supplied with empty coal tubs and take the full tubs out. A miners pay depended on the amount of full tubs of coal they filled and the boys were often beaten if they didnt supply enough tubs." Robert Olley Artwork Reproduction of these images without the express permission of the copyright holder is a violation of The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and copyright infringements will

A miners pay depended on the amount of full tubs of coal they filled and the boys were often beaten if they didn’t supply enough tubs

others pushing

"Many a Coal Board driver found himself confronted by an army of protesting women as he tried to deposit his cargo of coal especially on washing days when freshly washed clothes festooned the washing lines strung across the back lane

"Joe was on permanent nightshift

A Crab once left the sea-shore and went and settled in a meadow some way inland

'The bigger and more important you are

The kids play beach games and go for the chips while the family dog makes romantic overtures to a female acquaintance unaware that a crab has homed in on a juicy morsel dangling in reach of his nippers

There were often three of these drills going at once in a very confined space

This low tech method remained basically unchanged until 1900 when machinery was introduced to this form of coal mining and a rubber conveyor belt ran parallel to the face

Utilising his superb pen and ink technique he can provide a uniquely humorous and personalised likeness that provides a magnificent gift for a special occasion

Signed Print 26 x 50cm

hundreds of people had came to view the controversial painting for themselves and masses of publicity had been generated which catapulted Olley’s career forward at a rate of knots