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Jack Keily - Electrical & mechanical engineer. Recorded 9 March 1993. Part 1/1.
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Summary470A Jack Keily
Recorded 09 March 1993.
Part 1/1.
0:34
Started part time work at Ayrfield, 1972.
Cwmdu.
Jack trained as an electrical engineer.
1:09
Started apprenticeship at Pelaw Main.
Served out apprenticeship at Richmond Main.
Five year apprenticeship.
1:38
Mines where Jack Keily has worked.
Harold Teasedale.
Jack Elliot.
2:13
Tom Naylor.
Elrington.
Jack lived in a staff house at Elrington.
2:45
Ian McKensey.
Darcy Wiseman.
Chinaman's Hollow.
3:52
Rhondda Colliery.
Ayrfield No.3.
Worked at Elrington for 2 yrs before closure. Rhondda Colliery.
Walter "Wally" Williams.
4:30
Miller's.
Ironbark Colliery started work in 1972.
Delta Colliery owned by Miller in 1974.
Miller.
5:46
Belmont.
Ken McLaughlan.
Ayrfield No.3 reopened in 1962.
7:42
Austin Greener.
Lee Norse, continuous miner.
Norse Bros., hydro car.
8:31
Joy.
Newcastle wheat silos.
Miller.
9:11
Roderick Miller.
Alligators were used at Ayrfield No. 3.
Kevin Lane.
11:09
Ken Hartcher.
Bill Hartcher (father of Ken Hartcher).
Cwmdu.
12:33
Kerry and Tony Hartcher – Ken’s sons.
Ken Mansfield.
Stan Adamczek, washing plant engineer at Ironbark and Ayrfield.
14:49
Bill Miller.
Cwmdu haulage layout.
Andy Gow.
16:44
Millfield.
Mount Thorley.
Darcy Owen.
17:43
Ayrfield No. 3, aeroplane propeller fan.
Branxton and Rothbury railway feeder.
Don King, scraper loaders – the fabrication shop.
22:21
Percy Reid – the borer.
Dave Greenhaugh.
Peter Murray started out at Bellbird and Millfield.
25:09
Bede Kelly’s mother and Amanda Miller were sisters, Don King.
A.B. Rae worked for the Millers.
Roderick
28:55
Bob Peart (father was John, brother was Gil) storeman..
Kalingo.
South Maitland Railways – Jack Delaney was Traffic Manager in 1956. Station Master.
31:37
Colonel Gowd, Board of Directors at SMR needed Jack Delaney “to lop heads”.
Warren Russell, Les Fox.
Rhondda.
33:31
Mount Thorley – retired to do consultancy in mining..
Catherine Hill Bay Washery.
Pelton Washery – Tommy Carson.
34:21
Bill Anderson.
Peter Brawney – managed Catherine Hill Bay.
Stan Coffey wrote a Feasibility Study on Bellbird Colliery.
36:30
End (Tape 470/Side A)
SubjectKeily, John DanielElectrical engineersDelta Colliery (N.SW.)Richmond Main Colliery (N.S.W.)Northern (Rhondda) Colliery (N.S.W.)Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery (N.S.W.)Cwmdu Colliery (N.S.W.)Mt Thorley Colliery (N.S.W.)Coal & AlliedCoal mines and miningPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToStan CoffeyBede KellyPercy ReidDon KingDarcy OwenKen HartcherAustin Greener - Mine manager and Inspector for the Mines Department. Part 1 of 1. Recorded 24 March 1988. The Jack Keily CollectionCreatorKeily, John DanielDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010Date Created9th March 1993Location[1] Elrington Colliery[2] Pelaw Main Colliery[3] Delta Colliery[4] Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery[5] Northern (Rhondda) Colliery[6] Mount Thorley Colliery[7] Richmond Main CollieryIdentifier470A
Recorded 09 March 1993.
Part 1/1.
0:34
Started part time work at Ayrfield, 1972.
Cwmdu.
Jack trained as an electrical engineer.
1:09
Started apprenticeship at Pelaw Main.
Served out apprenticeship at Richmond Main.
Five year apprenticeship.
1:38
Mines where Jack Keily has worked.
Harold Teasedale.
Jack Elliot.
2:13
Tom Naylor.
Elrington.
Jack lived in a staff house at Elrington.
2:45
Ian McKensey.
Darcy Wiseman.
Chinaman's Hollow.
3:52
Rhondda Colliery.
Ayrfield No.3.
Worked at Elrington for 2 yrs before closure. Rhondda Colliery.
Walter "Wally" Williams.
4:30
Miller's.
Ironbark Colliery started work in 1972.
Delta Colliery owned by Miller in 1974.
Miller.
5:46
Belmont.
Ken McLaughlan.
Ayrfield No.3 reopened in 1962.
7:42
Austin Greener.
Lee Norse, continuous miner.
Norse Bros., hydro car.
8:31
Joy.
Newcastle wheat silos.
Miller.
9:11
Roderick Miller.
Alligators were used at Ayrfield No. 3.
Kevin Lane.
11:09
Ken Hartcher.
Bill Hartcher (father of Ken Hartcher).
Cwmdu.
12:33
Kerry and Tony Hartcher – Ken’s sons.
Ken Mansfield.
Stan Adamczek, washing plant engineer at Ironbark and Ayrfield.
14:49
Bill Miller.
Cwmdu haulage layout.
Andy Gow.
16:44
Millfield.
Mount Thorley.
Darcy Owen.
17:43
Ayrfield No. 3, aeroplane propeller fan.
Branxton and Rothbury railway feeder.
Don King, scraper loaders – the fabrication shop.
22:21
Percy Reid – the borer.
Dave Greenhaugh.
Peter Murray started out at Bellbird and Millfield.
25:09
Bede Kelly’s mother and Amanda Miller were sisters, Don King.
A.B. Rae worked for the Millers.
Roderick
28:55
Bob Peart (father was John, brother was Gil) storeman..
Kalingo.
South Maitland Railways – Jack Delaney was Traffic Manager in 1956. Station Master.
31:37
Colonel Gowd, Board of Directors at SMR needed Jack Delaney “to lop heads”.
Warren Russell, Les Fox.
Rhondda.
33:31
Mount Thorley – retired to do consultancy in mining..
Catherine Hill Bay Washery.
Pelton Washery – Tommy Carson.
34:21
Bill Anderson.
Peter Brawney – managed Catherine Hill Bay.
Stan Coffey wrote a Feasibility Study on Bellbird Colliery.
36:30
End (Tape 470/Side A)
SubjectKeily, John DanielElectrical engineersDelta Colliery (N.SW.)Richmond Main Colliery (N.S.W.)Northern (Rhondda) Colliery (N.S.W.)Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery (N.S.W.)Cwmdu Colliery (N.S.W.)Mt Thorley Colliery (N.S.W.)Coal & AlliedCoal mines and miningPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToStan CoffeyBede KellyPercy ReidDon KingDarcy OwenKen HartcherAustin Greener - Mine manager and Inspector for the Mines Department. Part 1 of 1. Recorded 24 March 1988. The Jack Keily CollectionCreatorKeily, John DanielDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010Date Created9th March 1993Location[1] Elrington Colliery[2] Pelaw Main Colliery[3] Delta Colliery[4] Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery[5] Northern (Rhondda) Colliery[6] Mount Thorley Colliery[7] Richmond Main CollieryIdentifier470Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Jack Keily - Electrical & mechanical engineer. Recorded 9 March 1993. Part 1/1., [470A]. Living Histories, accessed 28/09/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/66830