wasteman BrE informal

"Wasteman" (2008)

He remained at Ellington for the rest of his working life, becoming a salvage drawer during the Second World War and a wasteman, responsible for the maintenance of the mine's airways."

Seven years after attending an exhibition in Durham, Kilbourn considered creating a visual memoir of his experiences, "starting as a pom-pom boy on the compressed air coal-cutting machines in 1917, going on to be a putter-lad, a coal face drawer, a salvage drawer and a wasteman."

Sketches include the adventures of comic book style Wasteman, his sidekick Bear Man, accompanied by Barry the toy bear and their arch nemesis Omar Daze, reporter Liam Piam, cheeky schoolgirl Blondie and Johnny Kyle who interviews a different fairytale character each week.