Pit props held up a corrugated iron roof about two feet from the ground

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Pit props held up a corrugated iron roof about two feet from the ground

Pit props held up a corrugated iron roof about two feet from the ground, to give the impression of the general depth of the coal seams in the North-East, and the men with pick and shovel hew and fill, using the earth as " make-believe" coal. September 1946 P018167

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1946 Coal Mining Energy Fuel Labour Miners

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