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Coal miner's safety helmet
Compressed card safety helmet used by Richard Tedstone at Cwmtillery Colliery. Richard Tedstone worked at Cwmtillery Colliery and was training to be a colliery manager. However, the explosion at nearby Six Bells Colliery in 1961 made him reconsider his career and he left the coal industry.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2018.157
Creation/Production
Thetford Moulded Products Ltd.
Date: 1950s (late)
Acquisition
Donation, 23/7/2018
Measurements
Length
(mm): 261
Width
(mm): 201
Height
(mm): 130
Material
compressed fibre (paper)
Location
In store
Classification
health and safetyComments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.