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"Obby" Butler - Mineworker, Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery et al. Recorded 17 October 1993. Part 1/1.
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Summary471B Obby Butler
Recorded 17 October 1993.
​Part 1/1.
Lives at Rothbury
0:20
Washing plant, engine room, bin
Coal storage, Lorries
1:35
Branxton
Iron conveyor, rubber belt
Grease shed, work shop, feed shed
3:28
Central Railway Station
Branxton
Jack Point, location near tunnel
Train
6:44
Water pipe from Rothbury to Black Creek
Muller's
Andie Gow, manager of Cwmdu
Swansea
8:28
Carrington
Hexham
Bobby Pert
8:56
Ayrfield and Millfield, brand names on wagons
Government vehicles
Coal bins (300 t.) built by 'Sarvos'??, 1971
11:58
Miller's
Ironbark Creek
Retired while working at Rothbury, 1976
Whitby
Buck Thomas
18:06
Branxton railway
Bathhouse
Engine room, boiler house, generators
Stack
20:22
Workshop
Jack Bridge, from Branxton
Crib rooms
Railway lines
Old Rothbury and Ayrfield
30:27
Maitland Extended
Pit horses
Middle seam
Number 2
Steal box
"Java" built the new washery
37:43
Air vent/shaft
Propellers
"Iron man"
Buck [Thomas]
42:37
White ants
Cromptons, contracted to rid of pestilence
"Hookie"
Shaker screens
45:31
End of Tape 471, Side B, Part 1/1
SubjectButler, ObbyCoal mines and miningMount Thorley Colliery (N.S.W.)Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery (N.S.W.)Maitland Extended Colliery (N.S.W.)PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToAndy GowCreatorButler, ObbyDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010Date Created17th October 1993Location[1] North Rothbury, NSWIdentifier471B
Recorded 17 October 1993.
​Part 1/1.
Lives at Rothbury
0:20
Washing plant, engine room, bin
Coal storage, Lorries
1:35
Branxton
Iron conveyor, rubber belt
Grease shed, work shop, feed shed
3:28
Central Railway Station
Branxton
Jack Point, location near tunnel
Train
6:44
Water pipe from Rothbury to Black Creek
Muller's
Andie Gow, manager of Cwmdu
Swansea
8:28
Carrington
Hexham
Bobby Pert
8:56
Ayrfield and Millfield, brand names on wagons
Government vehicles
Coal bins (300 t.) built by 'Sarvos'??, 1971
11:58
Miller's
Ironbark Creek
Retired while working at Rothbury, 1976
Whitby
Buck Thomas
18:06
Branxton railway
Bathhouse
Engine room, boiler house, generators
Stack
20:22
Workshop
Jack Bridge, from Branxton
Crib rooms
Railway lines
Old Rothbury and Ayrfield
30:27
Maitland Extended
Pit horses
Middle seam
Number 2
Steal box
"Java" built the new washery
37:43
Air vent/shaft
Propellers
"Iron man"
Buck [Thomas]
42:37
White ants
Cromptons, contracted to rid of pestilence
"Hookie"
Shaker screens
45:31
End of Tape 471, Side B, Part 1/1
SubjectButler, ObbyCoal mines and miningMount Thorley Colliery (N.S.W.)Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery (N.S.W.)Maitland Extended Colliery (N.S.W.)PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToAndy GowCreatorButler, ObbyDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010Date Created17th October 1993Location[1] North Rothbury, NSWIdentifier471Bloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, "Obby" Butler - Mineworker, Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery et al. Recorded 17 October 1993. Part 1/1., [471B]. Living Histories, accessed 05/12/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/66832