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.1940
Sylvester, coal mining jacking device, Comprises ratchet bar with handle (and attaching block), chain and hook.. C.1940
Deputy's stick, coal mining.
1880-1950
Water flask, around 1920, used by coal miners to take water or tea underground.
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
1897 c.
Brick, coal mining use. Staffordshire blue, 1897, stamped Diamond Jubilee.
Single-ended wrench with u-shape opening, around 1920.
c. 1960
The Wolf Safety Lamp Co (Wm Maurice) Ltd baby safety lamp, c. 1960
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
1930
coal mining axe. Miner's Nadger Pick. Has hole in the wooden shaft for tool bar.
1977
Packet of Gallaher Ltd Brown Pigtail chewing tobacco, 1977
Battery lamp NH10A c.1950s. Miner's electric lamp, made by Alkaline Batteries Limited.
Sylvester, coal mining jacking device. C.1940
Pit deputy's yardstick, c.1960
c. 1911
W.E. Teale & Co. Ltd miner's safety lamp, c. 1911
Miner's snap tin, metal, 'Acme' brand. Bought frin Uppermill Fair, November 1981.
c. 1950
Hailwood and Ackroyd Ltd type 01 miners safety lamp, c. 1950
Oldham & Sons photometer from Agecroft Colliery
c. 1920
Richard Johnson, Clapham & Morris Ltd safety lamp, c. 1920 brass
Davy lamp, c, 1840
Small ratchet drill, c. 1920
Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd type GR.6 miner's lamp with gas detector.
C.1960
Electric lamp, Victor Bulkhead Roadway, coal mining.
Several wire rope or cable samples, including 'Balance Rope 2 1/4" dia. Brass bound.
c.1930
Type B.E.3 miner's electric safety lamp made by the CEAG Miner's Supply Co. Ltd, Barnsley c.1930
NCB Mine rescue service medal, 10 years service, 1959. Awarded to J. Farley Boothstown.
Lamp glasses from mining safety lamps.
CEAG inspection lamp
Miner's pay check, c. 1960
1966
Model Eimco 21 rocker shovel, by Mr K A Chubb, 1966
Model mine cart, 1966, coal mining.
c. 1910
Bellows made by Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd, Chessington, c.1910
One Miners' lamp battery made by CEAG Ltd. Barnsley & London. A type B. E. 3.
I.C.I pricker, for making holes in explosives to insert detonator, c. 1960
Protector Lamp and Lighting Co. Ltd Type 6 flame miner's safety lamp, 1970
1950
Coal miner's compressed paper helmet ('hard hat') about 1950
Patterson safety lamp
c. 1850
Miners dial, made by Troughton & Simms, London, c.1850.
1930 c.
Miner's clogs, coal mining. C.1930
c. 1900
Towneley Colliery brick
'Code of Shaft Signals' sign for use in coal mine winding. C.1930
Electric lamp, Oldham Type S, coal mining use
"Code of shaft signals" sign, coal mining, Golborne Colliery.
Oldham & Son Ltd type TD2A safety torch, c. 1960
c. 1975
Hedge L260 Snuff Ltd snuff tin, empty
The Wolf Safety Lamp Co (Wm Maurice) Ltd type 7RMBS flame safety lamp with relighter and magnetic lock, 1971
Oldham Type S Battery Lantern, coal mining.
Haulage clip or coupling for endless ropeways, coal mining use
Oldham & Son miner's electric hand lamp with flame lamp at rear for gas testing
