Story: Coal and coal mining
Here Denniston miners enjoy a few beers at one of the three pubs in the township in the 1940s. Poor housing and uncomfortable working conditions encouraged miners to go to pubs where the temperature was warm and the conversation flowed.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, John Dobrée Pascoe Collection (PAColl-0783)
Reference: 1/4-001245;F
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