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David "Dai" Price (1893-1996) -- Mine worker, Aberdare Extended Colliery. Recorded 20 November 1979. Part 4/4.
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SummaryDavid "Dai" Price
Recorded 20 November 1979
Part 4 of 4
1:11
Dai had a near fatal accident which was at Aberdare Extended. Bob Wray was the undermanager. There was a kerosene shale roof, he felt the ground move and shoved him out of the way. Bob Wray was one of the best mining men Dai knew.
5:16
Harry Price had the pub at Aberdare. Percy Sheddon, his daughter married Frank Lovett, Noel Lovett’s mother was a Sheddon. Jack Darcy and Ernie Darcy were on the machines at Aberdare.
11:45
Worked at Scarborough tunnel around 1915 for about 9 months for experience. Sarah Darcy owned the pub and was married to Patrick Darcy. Ada Little was Jimmy Pike’s mother. Jimmy Pike the Jockey was born in December in 1902, in the Junction in Newcastle. Dai was born in his Grandma's place in Bernard Street. The Newcastle Race track on the north and east side is where Hamilton pit was.
16:02
Went to track once, ran into Bill McGee, and asked him to ask Pike who to back. The dustiest pit Dai worked in was Scarborough tunnel, you couldn’t see your mate’s lamp. Extended was all contract men, all pick and shovel. The best miner for shovel work Dai ever saw was Mus Philby, he filled 30 odd skips a day.
19:03
Dr. Fisher had a place up on near the church at Aberdare. Only one other place up there, which was Tom Barrett and his father Johnny Wilson. Dai suggested putting ropes in. Bobby Wray was the undermanager.
26:40
Had own roads so don’t get in each other’s way. Describing of pit roof conditions, timber it, roof bolts. There was six foot seam of coal at Aberdare, sixty feet down. Though they may get to it at a later date.
33:30
John Bowdler was a good chap, he was the super. Tom Croudace had Dai put 10 foot high supports in. Had a fire during Jack Brown’s time at Aberdare. The place stunk. Dai told them to dig a trench around and open up the cement and give them oxygen. They could smell fire one day, quelling fires they stopped the oxygen by putting cement in it. They went from wooden skips to steel about 12 months after they put in the machines Extended first. They had "darg" on some time. They could fill what they liked. Once they did 27 ton in a day in eight hours.
43:53
End (Tape 223/Side B) part 4 of 4
Price, David Brian, 1893-1996PersonJack DelaneyDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Cessnock[2] Aberdare Extended Colliery[3] NeathIdentifier223B
Recorded 20 November 1979
Part 4 of 4
1:11
Dai had a near fatal accident which was at Aberdare Extended. Bob Wray was the undermanager. There was a kerosene shale roof, he felt the ground move and shoved him out of the way. Bob Wray was one of the best mining men Dai knew.
5:16
Harry Price had the pub at Aberdare. Percy Sheddon, his daughter married Frank Lovett, Noel Lovett’s mother was a Sheddon. Jack Darcy and Ernie Darcy were on the machines at Aberdare.
11:45
Worked at Scarborough tunnel around 1915 for about 9 months for experience. Sarah Darcy owned the pub and was married to Patrick Darcy. Ada Little was Jimmy Pike’s mother. Jimmy Pike the Jockey was born in December in 1902, in the Junction in Newcastle. Dai was born in his Grandma's place in Bernard Street. The Newcastle Race track on the north and east side is where Hamilton pit was.
16:02
Went to track once, ran into Bill McGee, and asked him to ask Pike who to back. The dustiest pit Dai worked in was Scarborough tunnel, you couldn’t see your mate’s lamp. Extended was all contract men, all pick and shovel. The best miner for shovel work Dai ever saw was Mus Philby, he filled 30 odd skips a day.
19:03
Dr. Fisher had a place up on near the church at Aberdare. Only one other place up there, which was Tom Barrett and his father Johnny Wilson. Dai suggested putting ropes in. Bobby Wray was the undermanager.
26:40
Had own roads so don’t get in each other’s way. Describing of pit roof conditions, timber it, roof bolts. There was six foot seam of coal at Aberdare, sixty feet down. Though they may get to it at a later date.
33:30
John Bowdler was a good chap, he was the super. Tom Croudace had Dai put 10 foot high supports in. Had a fire during Jack Brown’s time at Aberdare. The place stunk. Dai told them to dig a trench around and open up the cement and give them oxygen. They could smell fire one day, quelling fires they stopped the oxygen by putting cement in it. They went from wooden skips to steel about 12 months after they put in the machines Extended first. They had "darg" on some time. They could fill what they liked. Once they did 27 ton in a day in eight hours.
43:53
End (Tape 223/Side B) part 4 of 4
Price, David Brian, 1893-1996PersonJack DelaneyDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Cessnock[2] Aberdare Extended Colliery[3] NeathIdentifier223Bloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, David "Dai" Price (1893-1996) -- Mine worker, Aberdare Extended Colliery. Recorded 20 November 1979. Part 4/4., [223B]. Living Histories, accessed 02/06/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/55863