by Andrew Gill | Aug 12, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
Wyke is an area to the east of Halifax in Yorkshire. This photograph from the 1890s shows the practice of ‘coal getting’ in Judy Wood nearby. ‘Getting’ involved sorting through the waste from coal mines for the tiniest scraps of coal that... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 29, 2021 | Gallery, I didn’t expect that!, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
Coal was the fuel that powered industrial Britain and mines were dangerous places to work in a pre-health-and-safety world. When disaster struck, as it often did, one of the main hazards for rescue workers was the presence of toxic gases. Here we see miners wearing... 