Coal Mining Prints - The 'Liddle' House On The Prairie

Coal Mining Prints - The 'Liddle' House On The Prairie38 x 28cm signed print "The Coal Strike of 1984 85 saw miners pickets barring the gates of many Northern Eastern pits. Westoe Colliery was no exception as miners doggedly tried to save their pit, community and way of life. To prevent strike breakers 'scabs' going into work, the pickets formed a 24 hour guard at the pit gates. Scores of police arrived with the task of keeping the gates open, allowing buses carrying the strike breakers to pass. To

In avoiding one evil

This was 1956 before helmets and safety boots were compulsory

"Almost every miner carried a metal water bottle of three pints

Fillers worked in pairs and were allocated their own stretch of face to work

The wick pricker was bent back and there was a small amount of  oil in the oil pot

Unwanted baccy juice was spat out

approximately 16ins x 12ins (41cm x 31cm) unframed

pinning him up against the framework of the conveyor and loader end

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The cage usually has three or four open ended decks with metal gates on either side and carries eight men to a deck

identified as a fundamental requirement

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