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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 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

SubjectButler, Obby Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Coal mines and mining Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Mount Thorley Colliery (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Maitland Extended Colliery (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

PersonJack Delaney Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Depicts or Relates ToAndy Gow Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CreatorButler, Obby Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CollectionVoices of the HunterDate Created17th October 1993 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Location^[1]North Rothbury, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Identifier471B Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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