Picture No | 10949273 |
Date | February 1918 |
Description | Prince of Wales visits mines |
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A cover of The Illustrated London News shows the Prince of Wales visiting mines during a tour of the west of Britain. In the top and lower left pictures he is seen visiting mines in Cornwall. At the Kit Hill mine he donned overalls and a miners hat with a candle stuck on the front, and entered an underground cutting. The picture lower right shows the Prince visiting the Victoria coal mine on 21st February. There he descended a mine dressed in brown overalls and cap, cutting away a piece of steam coal to keep as a memento.
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Source | The Illustrated London News 2 March 1918 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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