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
1880-1950
Water flask, around 1920, used by coal miners to take water or tea underground.
Deputy's stick, coal mining.
1970
Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd miner's safety lamp, type SL, 1970
c. 1950
Hailwood and Ackroyd Ltd type 01 miners safety lamp, c. 1950
c. 1925
Hailwood's type 01 miner's lamp, with blue glass, made by Ackroyd and Best Ltd, Leeds, c.1925
Single-ended wrench with u-shape opening, around 1920.
1930
coal mining axe. Miner's Nadger Pick. Has hole in the wooden shaft for tool bar.
Miner's snap tin, metal, 'Acme' brand. Bought frin Uppermill Fair, November 1981.
c.1930
Type B.E.3 miner's electric safety lamp made by the CEAG Miner's Supply Co. Ltd, Barnsley c.1930
Pit deputy's yardstick, c.1960
Walking stick, coal mining.
c. 1920
Richard Johnson, Clapham & Morris Ltd safety lamp, c. 1920 brass
Cage for reviving canary, with oxygen cylinder, made by Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd, London.
c. 1911
W.E. Teale & Co. Ltd miner's safety lamp, c. 1911
1930 c.
Miner's clogs, coal mining. C.1930
Electric safety lamp, coal mining.
1971
The Wolf Safety Lamp Co. (Wm Maurice) Ltd type FE2 miner's safety lamp, 1971
c. 1960
J H Naylor Ltd Spiralarm miners safety lamp and methane detector, c. 1960
c.1970
Sectioned hydraulic prop made by Dowty Mining Equipment Ltd, c.1970. Mounted on wooden base.
Miner's pay check from Alexandra colliery, c. 1930
12/10/1970
Acetylene cap lamp, coal mining use. Premier 'acetylene' cap lamp.
Gas cap demonstrator, made by J H Naylor. Bedward Gas Cap Demonstrator. Used at Bold Colliery before old Boston Training Centre, Haydock.
1960-1969
An M.E. 6 Mk1 six shot exploder, made by Marston Excelsior Limited, for use in the course of coal mining.
Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd Type 6 flame miner's safety lamp, 1970
Cardboard box and paper 'Per foreign pattern post'...
Davy lamp, c, 1840
c. 1900
Naylor Marsaut miner's safety lamp with double bifold burner, c. 1900
J H Naylor Ltd Marsault type safety lamp, sectioned
'Code of Shaft Signals' sign for use in coal mine winding. C.1930
c.1940
Sylvester, coal mining jacking device, Comprises ratchet bar with handle (and attaching block), chain and hook.. C.1940
Oldham & Son Ltd type TD2A safety torch, c. 1960
1974
Marston Excelsior Ltd ME12 twelve shot exploder
1977
Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Ltd tin of Beacon Brand CM snuff, in tin, 1977
Quaker House Colliery tally board
Bailey & Waddington Davy lamp
1897 c.
Brick, coal mining use. Staffordshire blue, 1897, stamped Diamond Jubilee.
The Wolf Safety Lamp Co (Wm Maurice) Ltd type 7RMBS flame safety lamp with relighter and magnetic lock, 1971
Pocket watch taken from the scene of the Pretoria Pit Disaster of 1910 which claimed 344 lives, Lancashire's worst mines disaster. Stopped at 7.50 a.m. the watch was used to verity the time of the explosion. The watch belonged to William Davenport one of only three survivors. The blast ripped it out of his pocket and out of a protective carrying case. Davenport survived as a result of a tub being upturned over him, giving him enough clean air to survive until rescue arrived.
M.S.A type D6 methanometer, in box, coal mining use.
c. 1840
J. Abbot & Co. Ltd Davy lamp, c. 1840
Two bricks engraved 'NCB AW' Possibly refers to NCB Ackers Whitley of Bickershaw Colliery near Leigh, http://www.penmorfa.com/bricks/england16.html
1950
Knee pads, coal mining. C.1950
c. 1935
The Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd type CT33A combustion tube safety lamp, c. 1935
Donkey jacket from Agecroft Colliery, black felt, with flourescent shoulders
c.1910
Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd miner's smoke helmet, c.1910.
U shaped sprag, used for braking a coal tub down an incline, c. 1900
C.1960
Electric lamp, Victor Bulkhead Roadway, coal mining.
c. 1850
Miners dial, made by Troughton & Simms, London, c.1850.
NCB Mine rescue service medal, 10 years service, 1959. Awarded to J. Farley Boothstown.
Sample of coal from the Lancashire coalfield. The prolific Lancashire coalfield was a key enabling factor in the adoption of coal-powered steam engines in Manchester's textile industry.
