Setting a Prop 2

Setting a Prop 2Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm

called the goaf

The cages are guided by greased

boys and girls got into the same bath and the same water

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

One verse of poem written at the time reads: - A little further down the row

'Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth'

"It’s a very risky business sketching in the foyer of South Shields Magistrates Court is not the easiest place to sit and sketch

and for me too

his only means of light

'Better humble security than gilded danger'

Signed Print 46cm x 26cm

Twisting and gyrating his pelvis he worked his way through his repertoire