Mining Items

Waun Llwyd Colliery Cwm – Pithead Baths Opening Ceremony Booklet. This booklet has 24 pages of information on the construction of the baths, rules and regulations. Size 8″ x 6″ inches.

Glenrhondda Colliery Blaen-y-Cwm – Bathers Handbook. This N.C.B. booklet has 8 pages of information, rules and regulations. Size 7 1/2″ x 5″ inches.

Gelli Colliery Gelli Rhondda – Bathers Handbook. This N.C.B. booklet has 8 pages of information, rules and regulations. Size 7 1/2″ x 5″ inches.

Ogilvie Colliery – Pithead Baths Booklet. This booklet has 12 pages of information, rules and regulations. Size 5 1/2″ x 8″ inches.

Penrikyber Colliery Penrhiwceiber – Pithead Baths Booklet. This booklet has 16 pages of information, rules and regulations. Size 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ inches.

Celynen South Colliery – Pithead Baths Booklet. This booklet has 12 pages of information, rules and regulations. Size 7″ x 4 3/4″ inches.

Oldham Miners Lamp – Type F. This lamp came in its original still-sealed box. Upon opening the box, the lamp was coated in a brown coloured preservative and was rolled and sealed in brown paper with corrugated cardboard packaging. It seems these lamps came from the factory without a battery and bulb.  There is an information sticker on the top …

Oldham Miners Lamp – Type F. This lamp came in its original still-sealed box. Upon opening the box, the lamp was coated in a brown coloured preservative and was rolled and sealed in brown paper with corrugated cardboard packaging. It seems these lamps came from the factory without a battery and bulb.  There is an information sticker on the top …

Turquand & Kew Ltd – Ideal Miners Lamp. This miners lamp has a single gauze inside the pillars. The inner wick burner is porcelain made by Essor Manufacturing Co, Birmingham. Turquand and Kew Ltd. Turquand and Kew Ltd were formed in 1919 and it seems they were dissolved in 1932.  The Essor Brass Founders. The Essor Brass Founders was a …

Turquand & Kew Ltd – Ideal Miners Lamp. This miners lamp has a double gauze, the inner cylindrical gauze is inside the pillars and an outer copper gauze wrapped around the outer side of the pillars. The inner wick burner is made of brass. Turquand and Kew Ltd. Turquand and Kew Ltd were formed in 1919 and it seems they …