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Coal miner's safety helmet
Thetford Moulded Products Ltd.
(Manufacturer)
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
Place: Cwmtillery Colliery
Creation/Production
Acquisition
donation, 23/7/2018
Measurements
Length
(mm): 261
Width
(mm): 201
Height
(mm): 130
Material
Compressed fibre (paper)
Location
In store
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