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Miner testing for gas, drawing

Davies, William John (Chopper) (William John ‘Chopper’ Davies was born in Nantyglo in 1922. He left school at 14 to work in Beynon’s Colliery. He was working in Six Bells Colliery in 1960 when an explosion killed 45 men. He would have been among the dead but had worked overtime the night before and had taken the day off. He produced many works based on his experiences as a mineworker. In his auto biography ‘Blue Scars’, Chopper wrote ‘I am not a Lowry or a Picasso but I put the same passion into my paintings as they do …’ He died in 2006.)

Crayon/pastel on paper drawing of a miner testing for gas with a flame safety lamp on a very low coal face. Six Bells Colliery. Signed 'Chopper' bottom right. Undated. Mounted, framed and glazed.

Miner testing for gas, drawing
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Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2010.40/5

Creation/Production

Davies, William John (Chopper)

Acquisition

purchase, 19/5/2010

Measurements

frame (mm): 650
frame (mm): 894
frame (mm): 23

Techniques

Pencil on paper
Painting and drawing
Crayon on paper
Painting and drawing

Material

Paper
Card
Wood
Glass

Categories

Coal Gwent (county name) 1980s

Classification

mine ventilation ventilation employment/unemployment gas detecting people at work
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