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National Coal Mining Museum for England

Caphouse colliery

Caphouse colliery

Screens building

Screens building

Nature trail

Nature trail

Nature trail view

Nature trail view

Train to Hope pit

Train to Hope pit

Living history interpreter acting as Sally Fletcher

Living history interpreter acting as Sally Flet...

A mining family in Flockton, West Yorkshire

A mining family in Flockton, West Yorkshire

A living history interpreter dressed as a girl working at the pit.

A living history interpreter dressed as a girl ...

Women surface workers in Lancashire

Women surface workers in Lancashire

A  living  history interpreter dressed as a girl working in the Screens building

A living history interpreter dressed as a gir...

Coal Bearer,  illustrated in the Children's Employment Commission  Report,1842

Coal Bearer, illustrated in the Children's...

Hurrier and thruster, pulling and pushing a loaded coal tub. Illustrated in the Children's Employment Commission, 1842

Hurrier and thruster, pulling and pushing a loa...

Front page from the Report of the Commissioners, 1842

Front page from the Report of the Commissioners...

Belt and chain, used for pulling coal tubs

Belt and chain, used for pulling coal tubs

Coal-carrying sledge

Coal-carrying sledge

Tallow candles

Tallow candles

Horse shoe

Horse shoe

Motty

Motty

Tipple tin

Tipple tin

Interpreter demonstrating the work of  Sir Humphry Davy

Interpreter demonstrating the work of Sir Hump...

Round-nosed shovel

Round-nosed shovel

The Museum's pit ponies

The Museum's pit ponies

Robbie working at Pant y Gasseg colliery in Wales

Robbie working at Pant y Gasseg colliery in Wales

Curry-comb

Curry-comb

Working pony equipment

Working pony equipment

Medicines box

Medicines box

Underground stables

Underground stables

Feed-basket, stables, automatic drinker and feed-bag

Feed-basket, stables, automatic drinker and fee...

Oxo at the show

Oxo at the show

Humane treatment and kindness to pit ponies

Humane treatment and kindness to pit ponies

Notice for correct handling of ponies at the end of the shift

Notice for correct handling of ponies at the en...

Carl, Welsh pony

Carl, Welsh pony

Sparky, mixed breed pony

Sparky, mixed breed pony

Robbie, cob pony

Robbie, cob pony

Patch, piebald cob pony

Patch, piebald cob pony

Colonel, shire horse

Colonel, shire horse

Living history interpreter as Mrs Lockwood in the miner's kitchen

Living history interpreter as Mrs Lockwood in t...

Kitchen sink in the gallery at the Museum

Kitchen sink in the gallery at the Museum

World War II ration book

World War II ration book

World War II clothing ration book

World War II clothing ration book

Kitchen range, a coal-fired fireplace which included an oven and a hob

Kitchen range, a coal-fired fireplace which inc...

Meat mincer

Meat mincer

Traditional wooden rolling pin

Traditional wooden rolling pin

Loaf tin, used for baking bread

Loaf tin, used for baking bread

Tin bath

Tin bath

Coal hearth shovel

Coal hearth shovel

Outside lavatory with high-level cistern, on display at the Museum

Outside lavatory with high-level cistern, on di...

Wireless (radio)

Wireless (radio)

Making a rag rug at the Museum

Making a rag rug at the Museum

Darning mushroom, mostly used for darning socks

Darning mushroom, mostly used for darning socks

Donkey stone, used for cleaning outside steps and pavements

Donkey stone, used for cleaning outside steps a...

Carbolic soap, which was cut into pieces to use

Carbolic soap, which was cut into pieces to use

Carpet beater

Carpet beater

Clothes pegs, of a type usually made by travelling people

Clothes pegs, of a type usually made by travell...

Snap tin, used to carry a miner's lunch underground

Snap tin, used to carry a miner's lunch und...

Checks

Checks

Safety  lamp

Safety lamp

Living history interpreter as Fred at the pit head baths, in his cloth cap.

Living history interpreter as Fred at the pit h...

Caphouse colliery pithead baths, built in 1938.

Caphouse colliery pithead baths, built in 1938.

Horse working underground in a thick seam, from  Mines and Miners, Simonin,1869

Horse working underground in a thick seam, from...

Pit pony on a banner at a miners' gala in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, 1993

Pit pony on a banner at a miners' gala in W...

Pit pony on display. A nine year old pony which has spent three years underground

Pit pony on display. A nine year old pony which...

Pit pony nameplate from the underground stables

Pit pony nameplate from the underground stables

Child trapper holding open the ventilation door underground to allow a tub of coal to pass by. Illustrated in the Children's Employment Commission Report, 1842

Child trapper holding open the ventilation door...

Police with colliery officials on duty at Tankersley colliery during the 1893 strike

Police with colliery officials on duty at Tanke...

Salvation Army soup kitchen in the Barnsley area, South Yorkshire, during the 1921 strike

Salvation Army soup kitchen in the Barnsley are...

Banner showing a scene from the 1984/5 strike at Doncaster Miners' Gala in 1991.

Banner showing a scene from the 1984/5 strike a...

1972 strike leaflet produced by the National Union of Mineworkers

1972 strike leaflet produced by the National Un...

Plate commemorating the 1893 Featherstone Massacre

Plate commemorating the 1893 Featherstone Massacre

Derbyshire Area NUM badge sold during the 1984/5 strike

Derbyshire Area NUM badge sold during the 1984/...

Plate commemorating the 1984/5 strike in the Kent area

Plate commemorating the 1984/5 strike in the Ke...

Stud box, sold to raise money for striking miners during the 1984/5 strike

Stud box, sold to raise money for striking mine...

Enamelled tray commemorating the end of the 1893 lockout.

Enamelled tray commemorating the end of the 189...

Newspaper produced by Coal Industry Publications during the 1926 strike.

Newspaper produced by Coal Industry Publication...

Barnsley colliery band members at an NUM Gala, held in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the miners' strike

Barnsley colliery band members at an NUM Gala, ...

Miners' Gala in Barnsley during the 1984/5 strike

Miners' Gala in Barnsley during the 1984/5 ...

Greeting card sold to raise money during the 1984/5 strike

Greeting card sold to raise money during the 19...

Kiveton Park colliery banner, South Yorkshire

Kiveton Park colliery banner, South Yorkshire

Rescue team from c.1884 standing in front of a rescue coach

Rescue team from c.1884 standing in front of a ...

A thin seam miner, hewing coal, from  Mines and Miners, Simonin,1869

A thin seam miner, hewing coal, from Mines and...

Barnburgh Main colliery  sinkers, South Yorkshire, 1913

Barnburgh Main colliery sinkers, South Yorkshi...

Tea bags given to the NUM by the German unions during the 1984 / 85 strike for use in their soup kitchen

Tea bags given to the NUM by the German unions ...

Record of strike songs, produced during the 1974 strike

Record of strike songs, produced during the 197...

Stickers produced during the 1984/5 strike

Stickers produced during the 1984/5 strike

Durham Gala badge from 1983

Durham Gala badge from 1983

Westthorpe colliery, Derbyshire

Westthorpe colliery, Derbyshire

Harworth Main colliery, Nottinghamshire

Harworth Main colliery, Nottinghamshire

Pit brow lasses in Lancashire

Pit brow lasses in Lancashire

Drift mouth at Haywood Level, Forest of Dean

Drift mouth at Haywood Level, Forest of Dean

Kilmersdon colliery, Somerset

Kilmersdon colliery, Somerset

Coal Wagon at Kilmersdon colliery, Somerset

Coal Wagon at Kilmersdon colliery, Somerset

Granville colliery, Shropshire

Granville colliery, Shropshire

Lea Hall colliery, South Staffordshire

Lea Hall colliery, South Staffordshire

Plate commemorating the Lancashire coalfield

Plate commemorating the Lancashire coalfield

Ellington colliery banner

Ellington colliery banner

Badge from Asfordby colliery, Leicestershire

Badge from Asfordby colliery, Leicestershire

Miners in a double deck cage at the pit head, 1910

Miners in a double deck cage at the pit head, 1910

Plate commemorating the Kent coalfield

Plate commemorating the Kent coalfield

Chatterley Whitfield colliery, North Staffordshire

Chatterley Whitfield colliery, North Staffordshire

Serviette sold to raise money for the victims of the Pretoria Pit explosion, 1910

Serviette sold to raise money for the victims o...

Pumping engine, 1933

Pumping engine, 1933

Plate commemorating Chislet colliery, Kent

Plate commemorating Chislet colliery, Kent

Model of an Anderton shearer loader

Model of an Anderton shearer loader

Tub linked to haulage system

Tub linked to haulage system

Wooden sledge, Ryefield, Derbyshire

Wooden sledge, Ryefield, Derbyshire

Pit pony with driver

Pit pony with driver

Haig colliery, Cumbria

Haig colliery, Cumbria

Settling ponds at the water treatment plant

Settling ponds at the water treatment plant

Underground tour

Underground tour

Hydraulic roof supports at Sherwood colliery

Hydraulic roof supports at Sherwood colliery

Caphouse colliery headgear

Caphouse colliery headgear

Rescue van

Rescue van

Robbie an NCMME Pit Pony

Robbie an NCMME Pit Pony

Cap lamp and battery pack

Cap lamp and battery pack

Pick

Pick

Self rescuer

Self rescuer

Plaque commemorating the opening of Glapwell colliery pithead baths

Plaque commemorating the opening of Glapwell co...

NUM poster

NUM poster

Postcard commemorating the Cadeby pit disaster, 1912

Postcard commemorating the Cadeby pit disaster,...

Caphouse colliery control room

Caphouse colliery control room

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