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
c. 1950
Hailwood and Ackroyd Ltd type 01 miners safety lamp, c. 1950
1970
Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd miner's safety lamp, type SL, 1970
c. 1925
Hailwood's type 01 miner's lamp, with blue glass, made by Ackroyd and Best Ltd, Leeds, c.1925
Deputy's stick, coal mining.
Pit deputy's yardstick, c.1960
Miner's snap tin, metal, 'Acme' brand. Bought frin Uppermill Fair, November 1981.
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.
1930
coal mining axe. Miner's Nadger Pick. Has hole in the wooden shaft for tool bar.
c. 1960
J H Naylor Ltd Spiralarm miners safety lamp and methane detector, c. 1960
Ackroyd & Best, Hailwoods Improved Lamp, cutaway for demonstration.
Walking stick, coal mining.
c.1930
Type B.E.3 miner's electric safety lamp made by the CEAG Miner's Supply Co. Ltd, Barnsley c.1930
c. 1920
Richard Johnson, Clapham & Morris Ltd safety lamp, c. 1920 brass
1971
The Wolf Safety Lamp Co. (Wm Maurice) Ltd type FE2 miner's safety lamp, 1971
CEAG inspection lamp
c.1940
Sylvester, coal mining jacking device, Comprises ratchet bar with handle (and attaching block), chain and hook.. C.1940
c. 1911
W.E. Teale & Co. Ltd miner's safety lamp, c. 1911
model pit head gear
Edison electric cap lamp battery, model KI - PMX
1930 c.
Miner's clogs, coal mining. C.1930
c. 1900
Naylor Marsaut miner's safety lamp with double bifold burner, c. 1900
J H Naylor Ltd Marsault type safety lamp, sectioned
c. 1975
Hedge L260 Snuff Ltd snuff tin, empty
c. 1910
Richard Johnson, Clapham & Morris Ltd miner's safety lamp, c. 1910
Battery lamp NH10A c.1950s. Miner's electric lamp, made by Alkaline Batteries Limited.
Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd Type 6 flame miner's safety lamp, 1970
1920
Miner's clogs, coal mining. C.1920
Ringrose firedamp alarm cutaway Exide battery, coal mining.
Electric lamp, Oldham Type S, coal mining use
U shaped sprag, used for braking a coal tub down an incline, c. 1900
c. 1850
Miners dial, made by Troughton & Simms, London, c.1850.
1977
Packet of Gallaher Ltd Brown Pigtail chewing tobacco, 1977
c. 1930
Brick, made by Hulton Collieries Ltd, c. 1930
1978
Commemorative mug issued to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Sir Humphry Davy, Wedgwood, 1978.
Dummy explosive and detonator, coal mining. C.1940
Powder Bag- Metal container with carrying handle on a side. Manufacturer unknown. Part of Coal Mining Collection.
'Ringrose' methanometer, coal mining.
'Code of Shaft Signals' sign for use in coal mine winding. C.1930
Magnadet toroid and dummy delay detonator, coal mining.
Safety badge awarded by the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners Welfare Committee
c. 1935
The Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd type CT33A combustion tube safety lamp, c. 1935
pickaxe head
Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd type GR.6 miner's lamp with gas detector.
Model pit prop.
Oldham & Son Ltd type TD2A safety torch, c. 1960
Calculator- circular Colliery Ventilation Officer's calculator in a red pouch. Made by National Coal Board. Part of Coal Mining collection.
The Wolf Safety Lamp Co (Wm Maurice) Ltd type 7RMBS flame safety lamp with relighter and magnetic lock, 1971
Axe, coal mining use.
Acme tin ("miner's snap tin") for taking food underground.
