Mining Items

Cwmtillery Colliery Closure Medal 1850-1982. This is the Cwmtillery Colliery closure medal given to all miners on the closure of the colliery. Made from a nickle material with its original blue and clear plastic coin wallet. The problem with this medal is the date of sinking is incorrect, with Cwmtillery Colliery, no-one actually knew the correct date or the certainty …

Roseheyworth Colliery Strike Badges 1984-85. Three Rose Heyworth Colliery strike badges. The original badge and two modern reproductions. Made from a metal alloy with enamel inlay. Size 1 1/4″ inch diameter. Three different badge design colours of the same badge. I officially designed this badge for the Rose Heyworth Colliery N.U.M in 1985, I believed there was only one design …

Rose Heyworth & Cwmtillery Colliery Neck Ties. Two colliery neck ties, one Rose Heyworth Colliery and the other is from Cwmtillery Colliery. I designed the Rose Heyworth tie along with the badges commemorating the 1984-85 miners strike, at that time I had no information available on the dates the colliery had been established, I had to rely on vague information …

Evans and Reid Coal Co Ltd. Evans and Reid Coal Co Ltd, agents for Partridge Jones and John Paton Ltd, shipping invoice for 3,760 tons of coal to be shipped on the S.S. Lorenzo Bozzo. Dated 1931.

Cwmtillery Colliery Abertillery – Wages Docket. A Cwmtillery Colliery, Abertillery wages docket. Dated 1955.

Six Bells Colliery, Abertillery, Wages Dockets. Six Bells Colliery, Abertillery wages dockets. Dated 1983. The one docket has its original pay receipt still intact.

Powell’s Coal Co – Shipping Invoice. A Powell’s Coal Co, shipping invoice. Dated 1856. The Sister Ann, Captained by Mr J Higgins.

John Lancaster & Co –  Nantyglo & Blaina Collieries, Reward Notice. John Lancaster & Co, Nantyglo & Blaina Collieries reward notice.  Size 16″x 11″. Dated 1894. The Problems Leading to the Issuing of the Reward Notices. In the 1890’s the Lancaster Co workmen’s trains were being abused, the passengers were treating the transport with disregard and showed no respect to …

United National Collieries Ltd – Wages Docket. A United National Collieries Ltd wages docket. Dated 1942.

Pantyffynnon Colliery – Wages Docket. A wages docket in the form of an envelope. Dated 1931.