MARINE COLLIERY DEEP MINE, EBBW VALE. by IAN PARRY

A striking image, Ian...can't imagine what it must be like to work in these environs! Awful, I should think, but it was accepted by the miners for so long...Excellent piece of work. I take it that you were down there...

Thanks Ruth. Yes, I sat with my sketchbook and 4b pencil and drew the guide who I requested stayed still with his safety lamp switched on. .......... Regards, Ian.

Very original painting, I will show this to my cousin, he was a manager in one of these big mines until it was closed ........for no good reason.