Acme food tin

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Acme food tin
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Acme tin ("miner's snap tin") for taking food underground.

Snap is what South Yorkshire and Derbyshire folk call food.

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Category:: Coal Mining

Collection:: Lancashire Coal Mining Collection

Object Number:: Y2002.19.377.1

Materials:: metal

Measurements:: 59 mm x 114 mm x 198 mm,

type:: tin

credit:: Gift of Salford Museum and Art Gallery

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Acme food tin

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