Coal Mining Print - Pit Lad With Pony

Coal Mining Print - Pit Lad With PonySigned print "Around the late 1800 lads of a tender age were employed as haulage hands, pony drivers and pit bottom workers, these children were often bullied and subjected to beatings from the older hands."

the easier it is to trap you'

down the shoot and into the awaiting tubs then sent out to the shaft bottom

His painting is based on these observations

I pretended to be filling in a crossword puzzle while doing rapid sketches of the activity in the foyer

Three on the bed

"Going down a mine shaft in a metal box for the first time is a daunting experience and is nothing like an elevator in a hotel or office block

The final production shift came up from the shaft bottom 31st May 1968

His pocket watch and note book were found underneath the body

having found a convenient hole

saws and wood planes that had been carefully looked after by their former owners

SOLD OUT Limited edition signed print of 100: 64cm x 47cm

had three decks capable of carrying 50 mento a cage