MINERS COME OUT OF PIT.
Tlie 300 miners who staged a sitdo vvn strike in Waleswood Colliery as a pro'test against the v rep.orted inten tion, To . clp'se ,, the pj#; agyeed ; to coiiit* t'o tho 1 surWcei.vvheii wte^ dehtjied 'tliat tlie North.-eas.tern- Divlsional CoaJ Board would malce a deeision on tlie future. of the pit af a national and not a divisional levels , One man at least derived some ples sure .from the strike. He is, 45-year old Albert Rodger.s. His secret ambi tion always. has b.een to beconie a. news paper cartoonist, an.d' during tlie strikv he drew sketches. of- the strikers down the mine which were. publislied in soveral national newspapers. " 1 attempted to. teaeh mvself drawing, and found it hard- but pleasant labour, "' he said. " Perhaps. that 's vv.liy 1 liavo stuck to the pit life.. It's a queertvvist that* I should"get my stuff in big newspapers because fate made me a miner. ' '
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 February 1948, Page 5
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156MINERS COME OUT OF PIT. Chronicle (Levin), 14 February 1948, Page 5
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