Coal Picking 001
People at Rishton Colliery outcrop desperately digging for usable coal in order to cook and keep warm during a miners' strike, which caused a coal famine. People travelled from as far away as Blackburn to dig for coal in sometimes deep trenches as the image shows. Coal miners struck in a desperate attempt to defend their living standards as colliery owners sought to make drastic wage cuts.rnThis image appeared in The Blackburn Times 30th April 1921.
Image details
| Image Height | 471 |
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| Image Width | 640 |
| Image Copyrights | Blackburn Times |
| Image Location | Unknown |
| Date | 1921-1930 |
| Image Format | Newspaper Cutting |
| Place | Rishton |
| Subjects | People |
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