Oliver Kilbourn

1904 — 1993

British coal miner and painter

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Works

A Sailing Ship*

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An Early Settlement*

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Birds*

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Mammals*

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Medieval Times*

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Prehistoric Times*

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Sea Birds*

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The Arctic Explorers*

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The Elizabethan Era*

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The Invaders*

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The Romans*

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End of Shift

Oliver Kilbourn Laing Art Gallery

Haul Away

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Progging the Mat

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The Hermit

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Pithead Baths

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Building Air-Raid Shelters, Wartime

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Saturday Night at the Club

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Dawn, Ashington Colliery, Northumberland

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Coal-Face Drawers

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Miner Setting Prop in Low Seam

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Station Bridge

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The Playground

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Rainy Day, Ashington Co-op

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Dinosaurs*

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'Marker there' (mark it there) (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Calling the Weigh (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Coal-Face Drawer in the Goaf (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Deputy Firing Shot (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Deputy's Kist (chest or office) (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Drawers Shifting Up after Face Has Been Filled Off (2) (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Drawers Shifting Up after Face Has Been Filled Off (1) (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Drawing Back Timber after Chocks Are Drawn (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Drilling Shot-Hole by Hand (1) (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Drilling Shot-Hole by Hand (2) (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Filler Filling Tub (1) (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Filler Filling Tub (2) (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Filler Filling Tub (3) (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Gannin in Chum (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Get on! How-way!! SANDY!!! (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Going Inbye (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Hewing (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Knocking off the Fork (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Leaving the Chummin (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Longwall Coal Fillers (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Longwall Coal-Cutter Cutting Face (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Lowse, End of Shift (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Off the Way (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Pulling the Full Tub from the Filler (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Putters at the Beginning of Their Shift Leaving the Stables (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Putters on the Flat (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Putters on the Heap Collecting Their Tokens (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Ready for Coal Work Face (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Riding the Limmers through a Swalley (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Setting Foreset (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Stonemen Redding Mothergate Caunch (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Stonemen Setting Arch Girders (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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The Artist at the Age of 14 Raking Out on the Pom Poms (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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The Artist, Again Aged 14, Pulling the Hogger (hose) to Couple it to the Main Compressed Air Pipe (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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The Galloway Field at Ashington Colliery (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Trotting (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Using a Pout (Rod) to Retrieve Chock Knobs (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Washing Ponies in the 1960s (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Yoking-Up at the Deputy's Kist (from the series 'My Life as a Pitman')

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Changing the Chummin, Giving the Final Twist before Rounding the Turn

Oliver Kilbourn Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Shoving the Chummin in by Hand and Changing the Points

Oliver Kilbourn Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Shoving the Chummin in from Behind after Rounding the Turn

Oliver Kilbourn Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre