This sculptural duo comprises two large blocks of buff sandstone that are carved on their front faces with depictions of life in the mining community. The block entitled 'Past' is inscribed at the top with the words, 'the past we inherit'. This sculpture, shows a 'worm's eye' view of a scene from the past in which a miner, just returned from work, with his whippet at his feet, is about to release a racing pigeon into the air. In the foreground, sitting on the pigeon basket is his young daughter who is tempting another bird with bread, while to the left a factory chimney releases its swirling smoke, encircling the scene. The block entitled 'Future' is inscribed at the top with the words, 'the future we build'. In this second sculpture, we have a 'bird's eye' view: the years have passed and the young girl is now an elderly lady but still tempting the birds with her bread, while her skateboarding grandson has a pigeon feeding from his uplifted hand.