A
peep into Grimethorpe 1
1920
Grimethorpe Colliery deputies
This photograph
shows a number of deputies from Grimethorpe colliery who in the1920s general strike
went to Hull docks and paid for a
quantity of fish, this was brought back to the pit and distributed free to
the striking miners. This photograph was taken of the people involved. George Graham is the one
at the front. He was married to Mary Howe. George was the organist at
Grimethorpe Methodist Chapel and won several prizes for organ recitals. He was a coal face
worker but then became a pit deputy prior to the General Strike and remained
so until he retired circa 1949 aged 65. See
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