Pit Ponies
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]
Bosuns Mate
Mining Telephones
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]
Electric Cap Lamps
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]
When is a Miners Lamp not a Miners Lamp, Part 2
The brass Teale is a radiator/sump heater, and. I suspect the steel lamp with the circular lock was used as one too. The steel lamp had had the locking ring … [Read More]