The Crouching Miner


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	Miner & Sons. Code R01 This piece of sculpture typifies the breadwinners of the family. Two boys of tender years follow proudly in the footsteps of their father. Family involvement in the local pit is sadly evident on memorials to disasters. In Northumberland, the Hartley disaster of 1862 claimed the lives of 204 men and boys.

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