Miscellaneous

N.C.B. Coal Sack. An old hessian N.C.B. coal sack with name plate and copper rivets. There is also faint N.C.B. lettering imprinted on the front of the sack. Size 31″ x 26″ inches. The National Coal Board used to give concessionary coal allowances to its employees. The amount of the allowance of coal varied throughout the United Kingdom. In Wales …

An Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron & Coal Co Ltd Ink Blotter. The sticker states it is a combined paperweight and ink blotter made by the London Sand Blast Decorative Glass Works Ltd, 58a Grey’s Inn Road, WC. Made of glass and a chalk, plaster material. Size 4″ x 3″ x 1″ inches. The Company. The Ebbw Vale Steel Iron & …

A Dramline Crossrail Junction. This is an old section of a “Bridge Rail” dramline crossrail junction for the underground transportation system. The piece was used in a coalmine or level and laid at the section of rail where it split into two at junctions or partings etc. It has holes for it to be attached to wooden sleepers with dog-nails.  …

Section of Haulage Rail. This is a small section of a bridge rail for the colliery haulage transportation system. Made of iron. Size 7″ long x 1 1/2″ high x 3″ inches wide. The lengths of rail (typically around 10′ feet long) were butted together and were then attached to wooden sleepers by the use of dog nails. The bridge …

Section of Haulage Rail. This is a small section of a flange rail for the colliery haulage transportation system. Made of iron. Size 7″ long x 2″ high x 2″ inches wide. The lengths of rail (typically around 10′ feet long) were held together with a pair of fish plates and four dome-head rail bolts. The rails were then attached …

Pit Head Baths – P.H.B. Soap Box. A pithead baths – P.H.B. soap box. This box still has some of the original inner dividers. The box held seventy-two bars of soap (as seen left) unwrapped. Made from cardboard. Size 12″ x 10″ x 8″ inches. The National Coal Board supplied the bars of Colgate Palmolive Soap to the colliery canteens …

Meco Mining Engineering Co Ltd. A small china plate to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Meco Mining Engineering Co Ltd – Meco Works, Worcester, England. The golden jubilee 1909 – 1959.  Made from china. Size 4″ inches diameter. The plate image shows a Meco conveyor belt head and motor.

Beynons Colliery, Blaina. A colliery plan of the roof supports on the LB20 Carrier Road, Beynons Colliery. Dated 1969.

Celynen North Colliery, Rescue & Firefighting Plan. A plan of the Celynen North Colliery, Rescue & Firefighting Plan. Size about 4′ x 2′ feet.

BBC Sound Effects Dept Records Mining Sounds. Two 7″ inch vinyl records from the BBC Sound Effects Dept. The both records have various noises and sounds recorded in the colliery industry connected with day to day jobs. They are 33 1/3 rpm and numbered EC-165A and EC-165B. (showing the four sides of the two records).