The Workers Prayer

Our Father which art in Newcastle
John Brown is thy name
Give us this day our daily 18/- bob
And forgive us for taking it
As we forgive them that take it from us
Thy will be done in Pelaw Main as it is
in Richmond Main
And lead us not on the paths of intelligence
or action
But deliver us from Starvation
For thine is the power of production

Amen

Written in pencil in a surveyor’s note book, used in Richmond Main Colliery. The verse dates probably from the 1930’s. The surveyor’s note book is part of the Archives of Richmond Main Colliery, held in the University of Newcastle Archives.