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Barry Dimmock - Miner, New Greta & Leconfield Collieries. Recorded 10 February 1994. Part 1/1.
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SummaryTAPE 445B BARRY DIMMOCK
Recorded 10 February 1994.
Part 1/1.
00:25
New Greta Colliery, Leconfield Colliery.
00:40
12 February 1920, 1934.
1:10
Recalls working as a miner.
1:22
Furnace, location of, 2 chains to an inch.
1:24
Location of tunnels.
1:29
Whitburn Colliery.
1:31
21 May 1924
2:30
Air shaft, location of. Description of "Crown Coal".
3:02
Gravel Pit (Leconfield), location of.
3:09
Whitburn Colliery
4:17
31 December 1937
4:41
31 August 1932
5:01
26 June 1934
5:21
Location of travelling road. Main tunnel.
6:02
Newcastle Coal Mining Company, Whitburn.
6:30
Recollection of 1919 map.
6:50
12 February 1920.
7:50
Outcrop of "inferior" coal shown on map.
8:43
Born 1942, Greta.
9:00
First began working in pits at age 38.
9:05
Father was born at Abermain.
9:15
Father worked at Boxburn and Leconfield. 14 when started in the pits.
10:15
Excelsior Collieries took over New Greta, 1916.
10:30
N.E. Smith.
10:42
R.W. Miller.
10:57
Colliery gantry, location of.
12:05
Plan of Leconfield tunnels, 1932.
12:51
High Street.
12:56
Bathurst and Parkes Streets. Catholic Church is location of outcrop. Inferior coal, pillar extraction. Reservoirs.
23:44
End (Tape 445/Side B)
Dimmock, BarryPersonJack DelaneyDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterLocation[1] Leconfield Colliery, NSW[2] Greta, NSWIdentifier445B
Recorded 10 February 1994.
Part 1/1.
00:25
New Greta Colliery, Leconfield Colliery.
00:40
12 February 1920, 1934.
1:10
Recalls working as a miner.
1:22
Furnace, location of, 2 chains to an inch.
1:24
Location of tunnels.
1:29
Whitburn Colliery.
1:31
21 May 1924
2:30
Air shaft, location of. Description of "Crown Coal".
3:02
Gravel Pit (Leconfield), location of.
3:09
Whitburn Colliery
4:17
31 December 1937
4:41
31 August 1932
5:01
26 June 1934
5:21
Location of travelling road. Main tunnel.
6:02
Newcastle Coal Mining Company, Whitburn.
6:30
Recollection of 1919 map.
6:50
12 February 1920.
7:50
Outcrop of "inferior" coal shown on map.
8:43
Born 1942, Greta.
9:00
First began working in pits at age 38.
9:05
Father was born at Abermain.
9:15
Father worked at Boxburn and Leconfield. 14 when started in the pits.
10:15
Excelsior Collieries took over New Greta, 1916.
10:30
N.E. Smith.
10:42
R.W. Miller.
10:57
Colliery gantry, location of.
12:05
Plan of Leconfield tunnels, 1932.
12:51
High Street.
12:56
Bathurst and Parkes Streets. Catholic Church is location of outcrop. Inferior coal, pillar extraction. Reservoirs.
23:44
End (Tape 445/Side B)
Dimmock, BarryPersonJack DelaneyDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterLocation[1] Leconfield Colliery, NSW[2] Greta, NSWIdentifier445Bloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Barry Dimmock - Miner, New Greta & Leconfield Collieries. Recorded 10 February 1994. Part 1/1., [445B]. Living Histories, accessed 22/09/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/56115