Locker Keys. A typical set of colliery pithead baths locker keys. Made from brass. Size 2″ inches.

N.C.B. Laundry Bag & Pin. Made from (bag) cotton (pin) stainless steel. Size 26″ x 16″ inches. In 1981 the National Coal Board established the laundry scheme and issued all the workmen with a couple of sets of orange coloured cotton material work-wear. This work-wear consisted of an optional jacket, short sleeved shirt and trousers and a grey vest, or …

Miners Gloves. Made from cotton and rubber. These gloves came into the industry in the 1980’s to replace the thick leather and cotton gloves. The latter was more popular with the miners as of their ability to protect the hands whereas the new cotton and rubberised gloves (as seen in the featured image) were less effective in protection and not …

James W. Smallman – Rope Clip. A James W. Smallman – Rope Clip, this exact replica of the larger model used in collieries is either a tradesman’s sample or a commemorative model made by the James W. Smallman company of Nuneaton, England and given to members of the company. Made of iron. Size 7″ x 4″ inches. This miniature rope …

Underground Klaxon Horn. A small mechanical klaxon horn. Used in the mining industry to alert men to the dangers of moving machinery such as coal cutters etc or maybe to be alerted to any shotfiring. Made from iron and brass. Size 6″ x 5″. They were housed in a steel box with a lever to press to activate the plunger …

Domestic Fireside Pokers.  A set of domestic fireside pokers (Poker and Scraper) hand-forged in the blacksmiths shop at Rose Heyworth Colliery. Made from iron and plastic. Size 23″ inches. The poker handles (as seen left) are the control knobs from an underground Eimco Bucket.  

Rose Heyworth Colliery Surface Plan. Abertillery New Mine – Rose Heyworth Section. Rose Heyworth Colliery surface plan. The one and only original N.C.B. plan. Size 6′ x 2′ foot.  Rose Heyworth Colliery and Cwmtillery Colliery had always been connected below ground from the time of the former’s sinking between 1874-75, though in 1959 a new drift was driven between the …

National Coal Board File. N.C.B. File South Western Division, Area No6 – International Exchange of Students visit 1961. The file contains detailed information and plans on the Marine Colliery Trepanner and the Abertillery New Mine (Cwmtillery Section) Midget Miner.   This file has about seventy pages of information on the Marine Colliery and Abertillery New Mine (Cwmtillery Section), with many …

The Rose Heyworth Colliery Lamp. This lamp is of the “lockable” design, to stop the miner opening it underground. It has the sliding 5th false pillar to lock the bonnet and it also has the stamp of the “Three Feathers” above the name plaque. This lamp (seen in the featured image above and left) is from the Rose Heyworth Pit, …

The Cwmtillery Colliery Lamp. This lamp is of the “lockable” design, to stop the miner opening it underground. It has the 5th false sliding pillar to lock the bonnet and it also has the stamp of the “Three Feathers” above the name plaque. This lamp (seen in the featured image top and left) is from the Cwmtillery No2, stamped 464 …