In the depths of my memory, a chilling recollection emerges—a time when I ventured into the shadows of the past, drawn to inspect the decrepit box fronts (drawpoints) far-down below … [Read More]
Further to the article about pit ponies by John Kathage (dated 23 January 2022 on the Facebook group), here are a couple of pictures. A bridle, which hung in the … [Read More]
Something different in this post, e.g. mining telephones. Who remembers the first phone below, the Davis of Derby speech powered handset, carried tucked in your shirt on the early power … [Read More]
It’s been a lot of years since everybody at the mine carried an oil lamp, but in later years everybody carried one of these. The first ones I remember having … [Read More]