 Gabe Price was born in Fairburn North Yorkshire, he worked as a checkweighman at the Frickley Colliery and was devoted to the service of the miners.He was the son of a miner and at the age of twelve started work in the pit himself at Hemsworth Colliery.He represented his union branch on the council of the Yorkshire Miners' Association and was a member of the West Riding County Council and the West Riding Education Committee.