These objects include the hand tools, safety equipment, personal items and machinery used by the miners of the Lancashire coalfields from the 18th century to the 1980s.
Coal Mining
Deputy's stick, coal mining.
Miner's snap tin, metal, 'Acme' brand. Bought frin Uppermill Fair, November 1981.
c.1940
Sylvester, coal mining jacking device, Comprises ratchet bar with handle (and attaching block), chain and hook.. C.1940
1970
Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd miner's safety lamp, type SL, 1970
1880-1950
Single-ended wrench with u-shape opening, around 1920.
Water flask, around 1920, used by coal miners to take water or tea underground.
c. 1925
Hailwood's type 01 miner's lamp, with blue glass, made by Ackroyd and Best Ltd, Leeds, c.1925
Cage for reviving canary, with oxygen cylinder, made by Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd, London.
1971
The Wolf Safety Lamp Co. (Wm Maurice) Ltd type FE2 miner's safety lamp, 1971
Miner's pay check, c. 1960
1930
coal mining axe. Miner's Nadger Pick. Has hole in the wooden shaft for tool bar.
c. 1950
Hailwood and Ackroyd Ltd type 01 miners safety lamp, c. 1950
Pit deputy's yardstick, c.1960
c. 1960
J H Naylor Ltd Spiralarm miners safety lamp and methane detector, c. 1960
c. 1920
Richard Johnson, Clapham & Morris Ltd safety lamp, c. 1920 brass
1930 c.
Miner's clogs, coal mining. C.1930
Calculator- circular Colliery Ventilation Officer's calculator in a red pouch. Made by National Coal Board. Part of Coal Mining collection.
c. 1911
W.E. Teale & Co. Ltd miner's safety lamp, c. 1911
Davy lamp, c, 1840
c. 1975
Hedge L260 Snuff Ltd snuff tin, empty
Small ratchet drill, c. 1920
c.1930
CEAG inspection lamp
Battery lamp NH10A c.1950s. Miner's electric lamp, made by Alkaline Batteries Limited.
One Miners' lamp battery made by CEAG Ltd. Barnsley & London. A type B. E. 3.
c. 1935
The Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd type CT33A combustion tube safety lamp, c. 1935
Type B.E.3 miner's electric safety lamp made by the CEAG Miner's Supply Co. Ltd, Barnsley c.1930
1897 c.
Brick, coal mining use. Staffordshire blue, 1897, stamped Diamond Jubilee.
c. 1910
Richard Johnson, Clapham & Morris Ltd miner's safety lamp, c. 1910
Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd Type 6 flame miner's safety lamp, 1970
The Wolf Safety Lamp Co (Wm Maurice) Ltd baby safety lamp, c. 1960
Horse shoe for a pit pony, coal mining use.
Sign, coal mining.
Edison electric cap lamp battery, model KI - PMX
Colliery ticket from Walton Collieries, 1736
c. 1900
Naylor Marsaut miner's safety lamp with double bifold burner, c. 1900
'Code of Shaft Signals' sign for use in coal mine winding. C.1930
Bellows made by Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd, Chessington, c.1910
Patterson safety lamp
Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd type GR.6 miner's lamp with gas detector.
c. 1850
Miners dial, made by Troughton & Simms, London, c.1850.
1870-1890
Richards' steam engine indicator, by Joseph Casartelli.
Two bricks engraved 'NCB AW' Possibly refers to NCB Ackers Whitley of Bickershaw Colliery near Leigh, http://www.penmorfa.com/bricks/england16.html
'Ringrose' methanometer, coal mining.
Sylvester, coal mining jacking device. C.1940
Oldham Type C electric hand lamp
c.1970
Sectioned hydraulic prop made by Dowty Mining Equipment Ltd, c.1970. Mounted on wooden base.
c.1920
Miner's oil safety lamp with platinum wire re-lighter mechanism, coal mining. C.1920.
Lamp glasses from mining safety lamps.
Model mine cart, 1966, coal mining.
Figurine, coal miner working at coal face. Painted, polychrome. About 1960
