About this artwork
Being underground magnified the banter that workers relied on to get through their shifts. Big 'characters' like this solid Fifer – and NUM branch secretary – are well remembered. 'He stormed up to the Time Office (when the previous guy had died or left the pit) and demandit that he be given the (Check) number '1690', which he then proudly wrote on his helmet, next tae a painted Union Jack.' Peter McCutcheon, former miner at Seafield Colliery, Kirkcaldy, Fife remembering his colleague. Lochore, Fife, 8 August 2023.
Updated March 2024
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artist:Milton Rogovin (1909 - 2011) American
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title:Family of Miners, Scotland, 1982
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date created:1982
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:17.30 x 17.10 cm
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credit line:Gift 2006
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accession number:PGP 371.2
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Milton Rogovin
Milton Rogovin
Milton Rogovin was an American social documentary photographer. Born in New York, Rogovin had experienced the Great Depression of the 1930s. It left a profound impression on him which fuelled his empathy with the plight of working-class people. He practised as an optometrist in Buffalo, New York...