Mystery North Eastern Mining Check or Fob
Can anyone provide me with any information about
the above 32 mm diameter brass embossed, uniface check. I acquired it from a
source who believed it to have had an association with a colliery winding
engine man from Easington in the Durham Coalfield. The check appears to show
the outline of a building with a representation of a "NE" monogram on the end
of a flag pole. In side the building is what I can only interpret as a further
monogram of the letters "WT". Could the "WT" monogram stand for "Winding
Token" ?
Any information as to what this check
is, what it was used for or how old it might be would be greatly appreciated.
Submitted By :
Ian Jacks.
Date:
June 2006.
REPLY No.1
I have seen
similar representations of a colliery head gear flying a "NE" flag type
monogram on at least two other British Coal era items from the North East.
Firstly the well known checks/fobs from Dawdon Colliery which are believed to
have been made around the time of the infamous 1984/85 miners' strike. These
are also 32 mm diameter and uniface. The design is die stamped into the check
with a black ink/paint infill.
The same design
as that shown on the Dawdon check/fob also appears on a 50 mm square
transparent Perspex paper weight containing an encapsulated lump of coal.
These cubic paper weights were produced as a commemorative item to mark the
21st Anniversary of the Sam Watson Rest Home on 27th of May 1982.
Submitted By :
Mark Smith.
Date: June 2005.
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