Mining Items

Miners Water Bottle

Miners Water Bottle. Made from aluminium. Size 9″ x 4″ inches. These were produced with black bakelite stoppers, white plastic stoppers (as seen in the image) and with aluminium stoppers.  These bottles were in use throughout the latter half of the 20th century.

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Miners Water Bottle

Miners Water Bottle. Made from aluminium. Size 9″ x 4″ inches. These were produced with black bakelite stoppers (as seen in the image) white plastic and with aluminium stoppers.  These bottles were in use throughout the latter half of the 20th century.

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Miners Water Bottle

Miners Water Bottle. Made from aluminium. Size 9″ x 4″ inches. Makers “Regaid”. Used throughout the latter half of the 20th century.

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Miners Water Bottle

Miners Water Bottle. Made from plastic. Size 8″ x 5″ x 3″ inches. Makers “XPLOS” trade mark. These bottles were produced with the older black plastic screw tops and also the opaque vertically ribbed top (as seen in the image). Used through the 1960’s to the 1980’s.  They were sold in the colliery canteens without any cord for a hanging …

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Miners Water Bottle

Miners Water Bottles. Made from plastic. Size 8″ x 5″ x 3″ inches. Makers “XPLOS” trade mark. These bottles were produced with the older black plastic screw tops (as seen in the image) and also the opaque vertically ribbed top. Used through the 1960’s to the 1980’s.  They were sold in the colliery canteens without any cord for a hanging …

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Miners N.C.B. Pay Packet

Miners N.C.B. Pay Packet. Made from a waxed paper material. Size 5″ x 4″ inches. Used from the early 1970’s to the late 1980’s. You would have your pay docket on a Thursday, keep the docket but hand the small receipt to the paymaster who, at Rose Heyworth Colliery, would be in the canteen on the Friday, he would then …

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Miners Docket Slips

Miners Docket Slips. A few payslips from Six Bells Colliery, Abertillery with one showing the intact receipt. You would have your pay docket on a Thursday, keep the docket but hand the small receipt to the paymaster who, at Rose Heyworth Colliery, would be in the canteen on the Friday, he would then hand you your pay packet.

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J. & H. Wilson’s Snuff

J. & H. Wilson’s Snuff. Four various tins of snuff made by J. & H. Wilson. 1: Medicated No.99 Snuff, all tin and still sealed. 2: Finest Menthol Snuff, tin lid plastic base. 3: S.P. No1 Snuff, tin lid plastic base. 4: S.P. No1 Snuff, tin lid plastic base, still sealed. Sizes 1 3/4″ x 1/2″ inches. Used throughout the …

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J. & H. Wilson’s Top Mill Snuff

J. & H. Wilson’s Top Mill Snuff. A snuff tin made by J. & H. Wilson. Top Mill No1 Snuff. This snuff tin has a tin lid with a plastic base. Size 1 3/4″ x 1 1/4″ x 1/2″ inches.

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