Colliery Collection (page 5)

Men at West Pit, Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, South Wales
Miners preparing to descend the West Pit of the Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, Rhymney Valley, South Wales. The West Pit opened in the 1880s

Men with dram, Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Three men with a loaded dram (truck) of coal at Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Stephensons No. 2 Killingworth Locomotive
One of George Stephensons early locomotives made at Killingworth Colliery, near Newcastle upon Tyne. This locomotive was named Blcher after the Prussian General Gebhard Leberecht von Blcher

Coal miner starting to make a hole Victorian period

Spitsbergen, Norway - Adventfjorden (Advent Bay). Depicted here is the former mining camp of Longyearbyen (located on its southwestern shore)

Queen Mary amongst the Colliers
Queen Mary on a carriage visiting a Coalmine whilst on a tour of the Collieries with King George V, assessing the conditions of labour of the " brave workers of the mines" - June 1912

Miners Strike, Wales
South Wales miners families pawning their possessions during lock-out, at Merthyr Tydfil. Date: 1875

Emma Colliery, Crawcrook, County Durham
Emma Colliery, Crawcrook, Tyne & Wear, near Ryton, County Durham, England. Date: 1910s

Colliery Fire, Dodworth, Yorkshire
Colliery Fire, Dodworth, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. Showing Colliery Locomotive Date: 1907

Nine Mile Point Colliery, Newport, Monmouthshire
At Nine Mile Point Colliery, Newport, relatives and friends wait at the pit-head for news of the miners who are taking part in a stay-in strike below ground. Date: circa 1936

PIT PONIES / 1869
Horse at work in a South Staffordshire colliery [England] Date: 1869

Police at a Tonypandy colliery, Glamorgan, South Wales
Numerous policemen (nicknamed Devonshires) on duty at a colliery engine house in the Tonypandy area of Glamorgan, South Wales, during the riots of 1910

Aerial view of Hook, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
An aerial view of the coastal village of Hook, on the Western Cleddau, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The quay can be seen in the foreground -- it was constructed in the late 18th

Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South Wales
View of the winding engine house, built in 1845, which worked the pumps at the Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South Wales

Back to back housing, Llanhilleth, Gwent, South Wales
A view along an alley between back to back terraced housing in Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales, showing walls made of a mixture of brick and stone, and ramshackle corrugated iron roofing

Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, South Wales
Scene at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales. There were 439 miners killed in total, making this the worst mining accident in the UK

Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A view of Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, showing the wooden pithead gear in the middle distance, and a few buildings

Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A view of Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, showing the wooden headframe

Surface worker, South Wales colliery
A middle aged surface worker at a colliery in South Wales

Gypsy encampment near Pontypool, South Wales
Two traditional style caravans at a gypsy encampment near Pontypool, South Wales

Women chatting in a back yard, Pontypool, South Wales
A group of women, probably all wives of coal miners, chatting in the back yard of 76 Hanbury Terrace, Pontypool, South Wales. The smiling woman in the spotted skirt is the mother of W E Jones

William Brace, Welsh Labour MP
William Brace (1865-1947), Welsh Labour MP, President of the South Wales Miners Federation from 1912 until 1915. He was an early advocate of a single union for all of Britains coal miners

Gypsy boys making pegs, near Pontypool, South Wales
Two small gypsy boys making pegs, near Pontypool, South Wales

Two middle aged miners with their lamps, South Wales
Two middle aged miners with their lamps, at a colliery in South Wales

Repairing pit props, Plas y Coed Level, South Wales
A miner repairing pit props in the Plas y Coed Level, South Wales

Woman using a dolly tub in a back yard, South Wales
A woman using a dolly tub to do the weekly wash, in a back yard in South Wales, with two children on the left. W E Jones recalled

Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
An aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
An aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Wooden Rail in Mine
Blinkered pit-horses draw coal wagons along a wooden railway at an unidentified colliery : it looks extremely precarious - lets hope they can see where they are going

Talke-On-The-Hill Mine
Talke-on-the-Hill colliery, near Hanley, Staffordshire, the scene of an explosion causing nearly twenty deaths on 18th February 1873

Breakaway from coal strike 1926
After more than a week on general strike, there was a strong movement that began with the coal-miners of the Midlands to break-away from the strike abd return to work

Fern Impressions in Carboniferous Shales, Hutton Colliery - a view of a rock exposed to show fossilised ferns inside. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Book of Trades, Colliery. 1841

Oaks Colliery / 1866
The spoil heaps are used to fill in the cupola shaft, to cut off the air supply and thus extinguish the fire raging below at the pit in Barnsley, England. Date: December 1866

COLLIERY LASSES / 1890 S
Colliery Lasses, probably in Lancashire. Date: 1890 s

Coal / Horse / Le Creusot
Lowering a horse at the Le Creusot colliery, France Date: 1869

1st Baron Joicey
JAMES JOICEY, 1ST BARON JOICEY Colliery proprietor; Liberal M.P. (1885-1906) Date: 1846 - 1936

Colliery Office, Ecclesall, Yorkshire
Colliery Office, Ecclesall, Sheffield, near Greystones, Yorkshire, England. Holmwood House - Head office of the Rotherham & District Collieries Association Ltd. Date: 1910s

Colliery, Thought to be Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. Date: 1910s

The Colliery, Duffryn, Glamorgan
The Colliery, Duffryn, Newport, Glamorgan, Wales. Showing the Deep Pit Date: 1920s

Colliery Rescue Team, England. Showing Proto Breathing Apparatus Date: 1920s

Glamorgan Colliery, Llwynypia, Glamorgan
Glamorgan Colliery, Llwynypia, Tonypandy, near Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales. Date: 1900s

Under Town Hall, Bilston, Staffordshire
Under Town Hall, Bilston, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Old Colliery Workings & Miners Date: 1906

Construction of Colliery, Wales. Location Unknown Date: 1910s

Senghenydd Universal Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, S. Wales
Rescue scenes as pictured in The Illustrated London News at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales

Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, South Wales
Scene at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales. There were 439 miners killed in total, making this the worst mining accident in the UK

Pit Pony Pulling Coal
A blinkered pit pony, pulling along coal wagons on a colliery rail track. Point of Ayr Colliery, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Medals of Valour for Heroes of Pit Disasters
Postcard celebrating (with a poem) the medals of Valour awarded by King Edward VII to the Heroes of the Pit Disasters at Whitehaven

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