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Harry Day - Miner. Recorded 4th August 1983. Part 1/1.
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SummaryHARRY DAY
Recorded on 4th August 1983
Part 1/1
0:23
Son of Harry Day, early electrician at the power house at Bellbird Colliery. The power house had 5 boilers (Babcock & Willcock) and one turbine. About 25ft. They were about 5' or 6' round. The power house started about 1913. Harry and his father worked on the fires. There was Ted Wolfram (Albert's father), Peter Crossmannon and Ted Wilson. Early underground electricians - Georgie Cousins. The street lighting to Cessnock.
4:05
He started in 1938 at Bellbird pit. His father was there when they put the cutting through in 1907. His father jumped from the boat in Newcastle from England. His mother came from Singleton. She was a Jackson. Charley Jackson was her father - a saw miller.
7:14
The dam at Bellbird (view of the dam) - used to feed the boilers. The early history of Bellbird - early photos. Sammy Richards used to read the electricity meters. The early people - Ted Betts. Alan Bowie took care of the lights on the streets.
9:35
Matheson was the first manager from the Hetton Newcastle Company. Hetton/Bellbird Company. Gleghorn family - "Doughy's" brother worked as a shift-man down the Bellbird pit.
12:33
Old Alec Shedden's mill - Edith Shedden.
14:20
End (Tape 99/Side B) part 1 of 1.
SubjectBellbird Colliery (N.S.W.)Day, Harry Coal mines and mining -- New South Wales -- CessnockPersonJack DelaneyDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010Identifier099B
Recorded on 4th August 1983
Part 1/1
0:23
Son of Harry Day, early electrician at the power house at Bellbird Colliery. The power house had 5 boilers (Babcock & Willcock) and one turbine. About 25ft. They were about 5' or 6' round. The power house started about 1913. Harry and his father worked on the fires. There was Ted Wolfram (Albert's father), Peter Crossmannon and Ted Wilson. Early underground electricians - Georgie Cousins. The street lighting to Cessnock.
4:05
He started in 1938 at Bellbird pit. His father was there when they put the cutting through in 1907. His father jumped from the boat in Newcastle from England. His mother came from Singleton. She was a Jackson. Charley Jackson was her father - a saw miller.
7:14
The dam at Bellbird (view of the dam) - used to feed the boilers. The early history of Bellbird - early photos. Sammy Richards used to read the electricity meters. The early people - Ted Betts. Alan Bowie took care of the lights on the streets.
9:35
Matheson was the first manager from the Hetton Newcastle Company. Hetton/Bellbird Company. Gleghorn family - "Doughy's" brother worked as a shift-man down the Bellbird pit.
12:33
Old Alec Shedden's mill - Edith Shedden.
14:20
End (Tape 99/Side B) part 1 of 1.
SubjectBellbird Colliery (N.S.W.)Day, Harry Coal mines and mining -- New South Wales -- CessnockPersonJack DelaneyDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010Identifier099Bloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Harry Day - Miner. Recorded 4th August 1983. Part 1/1., [099B]. Living Histories, accessed 30/11/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/55666