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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
Historical Associations
Association Type: coal company
Creation/Production
Thetford Moulded Products Ltd.
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.