Miscellaneous

A Section of the Cwmtillery Colliery Flight Rope. This section of flight, aerial ropeway steel rope was found on-site at Cwmtillery Colliery. It is a half-lock coil, burden rope, this was the rope the flight buckets would travel upon while being pulled by the haulage rope.  The section of rope is 20″ inches in length by  1 and a 1/4″ …

A Knocky-Up Board. This iron framed slate board is from the North Eastern coalfields and widely used down as far as the Midlands. These wrought-iron and slate boards were screwed onto the front of the miners houses upon which the occupants would chalk the time they wanted to get up in the morning, a “knocker-upper” employed by the company would …

Gullick Limited – Hydraulic Pressure Gauge. This gauge made by Gullick Limited of Wigan was to show the pressure of the hydraulic roof props under ground. It shows the pressure in tons per square inch. Made from brass. Size 5″ x 5″ x 6 1/2″ inches. Gullick Brothers – Mining Engineers. Founded in 1920 by Geoffrey and Donald Gullick, the …

Ebbw Vale Steel Iron & Coal Company Bronze Name Plate. This is a name plate taken from a piece of machinery from one of the collieries belonging to the Ebbw Vale Company. Made from bronze. Size 3″ x 2″ inches. The Ebbw Vale Steel Iron & Coal Company was a reconstruction of the old Ebbw Vale Company and was officially …

Ebbw Vale Steel Iron & Coal Company Brass Name Plate. This is a name plate taken from a piece of machinery from one of the collieries belonging to the Ebbw Vale Company. Made from brass. Size 4″ x 3″ inches. The Ebbw Vale Steel Iron & Coal Company was a reconstruction of the old Ebbw Vale Company and was officially …

Playing Cards. This set of playing cards was produced by the N.C.B. post 1947 but the actual date of these are unknown.

Playing Cards. This set of playing cards was produced by Waddingtons for the Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd, South Wales. This set is pre-N.C.B. Used around the 1930’s 1940’s. The Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd had these playing cards manufactured in two different colours, there are a red pack (as seen left and above in the main featured image) and …

Playing Cards. This set of playing cards was produced by Waddingtons for the Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd, South Wales. This set is pre-N.C.B. Used around the 1930’s 1940’s. The Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd had these playing cards manufactured in two different colours, there are a black pack (as seen left and above in the main featured image) and …

N.C.B. Toilet Roll. A toilet roll manufactured for the National Coal Board to be used in their colliery pithead baths. Made from thin brown paper. Size 4 1/2″ x 3″ inches. The roll has been scored in a zig-zag pattern along its width for tearing at every 6″ inches and the words “National Coal Board” is printed with black ink …

Panzer Chain Scraper Links. This is a pair of panzer chain scraper links. Made from Iron. Size 4″ x 3″ x 1″ inches.  These links were used to hold the scraper bars to the chain on the pans of the panzer chain scraper. The chain scrapers were used to convey the coal and stone from the coal face and also …