The Mecca Bingo At Night

The Mecca Bingo At NightSigned print 35cm x 21cm "This venue was a great favourite of my Mother Dolly and her sister, Aunty Peg (In the foreground of the painting) They always wore the same blue coats and linked arms where ever they went." Robert Olley Artwork Reproduction of these images without the express permission of the copyright holder is a violation of The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and copyright infringements will be prosecuted.

I pretended to be filling in a crossword puzzle while doing rapid sketches of the activity in the foyer

"Whitburn Colliery closed 1968 and I was kept on to form a small team of salvage workers whose task was to retrieve the more valuable items from the pit

Along with missing teeth

"The introduction of pit head baths had a dramatic impact on mining communities

if you sat down you would be attacked by hungry

This print is a set of four

” exclaimed the Doe

moved into the middle of the trunk

Signed print size: 56cm x 25cm

"The Sylvester was a simple ratchet and lever device used in coal mines from 1911

His makeshift cleaning tool

Signed print size: 59cm x 28cm