18 Feb 1939 - Washed and Clean, the Miner Gets His Breakfast

18 Feb 1939 - Washed and Clean, the Miner Gets His Breakfast

After the bath comes breakfast. Then Tommy goes to bed for four hours. He gets up for dinner - his main meal of the day - then goes to bed again for another four hours. This arrangement leaves the evening free for social life, which in Greenside is divided between "the Pack Horse" and the Greenside Institute.

(Image and text reproduced from the "Picture Post" of February 18th, 1939)

Image Reference: P-00631-01-0002