Coal Mining Prints - The Stretcher Tram

Coal Mining Prints - The Stretcher Tram46 x 26cm signed print "His job was to keep the conveyor belts and rollers free from the accumulation of fine coal dust that was a fire hazard in a mine. The conveyor belts moved at around 3 miles per hour and at points such as the loader end mesh guards were fitted. At the loading point the coal dropped from the conveyor, down the shoot and into the awaiting tubs then sent out to the shaft bottom. He broke the golden rule. Never remove a guard while

eating greasy chips and sandy egg and tomato sandwiches

Oil on canvas

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The painting shows a miner using a Sylvester to draw a prop support allowing the roof and overlying rock to collapse into the void behind

The injured man was then made as comfortable as possible on an ambulance tram and hauled the three miles to the shaft bottom by a team of volunteers where a nurse or medic would be on hand to accompany him up the shaft to the medical centre to the Ingham Infirmary by the awaiting NCB ambulance

When night came she went forth with silent foot and obtained food for herself and her kittens

than be a fat slave'

controversy soon followed

A bit of a spin on the good old Westoe Netty

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Their stint over

the other - for men riding