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Harry Wile (1915-2001) - Miner, Cessnock No. 2 Colliery. Recorded 16 April 1990. Part 1/1.
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Summary473A Harry Wile 1915-1946
Recorded 16 April 1990
Part 1/1
0:24
Born 18 September 1915
Started work at Cessnock No. 2, 1937
0:52
Father and "Capper" Gehrig, 1918
Depression
1:17
Brother killed at Cessnock No. 2
Jimmy Hadley
1:37
Bill Neace, manager
Harry starts work after brother dies
1:53
George Wile and "Capper" drove the drift
George Wile (father)
2:09
George Wile, Jack Wile (brothers)
Harry also had an elder sister
2:32
Horse and scoop
Pit top at Cessnock No. 2
Railway from Cessnock to Bellbird
4:01
Dick Drinkwater
Weigh bridge
7:37
Horse and cart
Ted and "Curly" Goodwin
9:47
18 pair on miners at Cessnock No. 1
Number (pair) of miners, Cessnock No. 2
10:05
Dick Drinkwater
Main haul rope
10:48
Wheelers
Token Boy, Harry McKendry
12:11
Jack Brenigan
Underground at No. 2
13:05
Harry worked as a shiftman
Description of "sidler"
16:30
Air channelled underground via brattice
"Capper" Gehrig, Jack Gehrig
18:47
Harry McKendry
Joe McKendry
19:23
Kalingo
Road laying with Scotty Ingrim
20:02
Locomotives
Kalingo
20:51
Ellalong Road
Pit horse lowered into pit via a cage
21:32
Central (Maitland)
Dick Drinkwater, skip rope controller
25:16
Seam of coal
Recalls brother being killed in accident
26:45
Many fatalities at Cessnock No. 2
"Chummy" Shakespeare
27:14
Joe Shakespeare
B. Manisfield, "Chummy" Shakespeare
28:29
Timber props
Tunnel to Little Cessnock
30:29
Albert Schofield
Recalls fall in at Cessnock No. 2, 1942
31:05
Teddy Hales (undermanager), accident
Recollection of fall in, 1946
32:28
? Wilson, clerk
Ted Hales was in WWI
33:23
Description of miners' "dag"
Large skips at Kalingo
34:55
Charlie Summer (manager)
Teddy
Kalingo is now Pelton
36:59
Harry Wile worked at Bellbird
Mathieson
Colvin
Casual shifts at Kalingo
"Chook" Henwood
39:50
Joe McKendry was related to Ted Hales
Frank McKendry, Joe McKendry
40:18
Bob Austin, engineer (Little Cessnock)
Clem Jones
42:19
Box/bin
Chocks
43:11
Number of boilers, Kalingo
Horse yard
Travelling tunnel
45:14
End of Tape 473, Side A, Part 1 of 1
SubjectWile, Henry Nixon, 1915-2001Coal mines and miningKalingo Colliery (N.S.W.)Cessnock No. 2 Colliery (N.S.W.)PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToHarry McKendryJack GehrigJoe McKendry (1919-2003) - Mineworker, Maitland Main Colliery. Recorded 16 April 1990. Part 1/1.CreatorWile, Henry Nixon, 1915-2001Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010PlaceCessnock, NSWDate Created16th April 1990Location[1] Kalingo Colliery, NSW[2] Cessnock No. 2 Colliery, NSWIdentifier473A
Recorded 16 April 1990
Part 1/1
0:24
Born 18 September 1915
Started work at Cessnock No. 2, 1937
0:52
Father and "Capper" Gehrig, 1918
Depression
1:17
Brother killed at Cessnock No. 2
Jimmy Hadley
1:37
Bill Neace, manager
Harry starts work after brother dies
1:53
George Wile and "Capper" drove the drift
George Wile (father)
2:09
George Wile, Jack Wile (brothers)
Harry also had an elder sister
2:32
Horse and scoop
Pit top at Cessnock No. 2
Railway from Cessnock to Bellbird
4:01
Dick Drinkwater
Weigh bridge
7:37
Horse and cart
Ted and "Curly" Goodwin
9:47
18 pair on miners at Cessnock No. 1
Number (pair) of miners, Cessnock No. 2
10:05
Dick Drinkwater
Main haul rope
10:48
Wheelers
Token Boy, Harry McKendry
12:11
Jack Brenigan
Underground at No. 2
13:05
Harry worked as a shiftman
Description of "sidler"
16:30
Air channelled underground via brattice
"Capper" Gehrig, Jack Gehrig
18:47
Harry McKendry
Joe McKendry
19:23
Kalingo
Road laying with Scotty Ingrim
20:02
Locomotives
Kalingo
20:51
Ellalong Road
Pit horse lowered into pit via a cage
21:32
Central (Maitland)
Dick Drinkwater, skip rope controller
25:16
Seam of coal
Recalls brother being killed in accident
26:45
Many fatalities at Cessnock No. 2
"Chummy" Shakespeare
27:14
Joe Shakespeare
B. Manisfield, "Chummy" Shakespeare
28:29
Timber props
Tunnel to Little Cessnock
30:29
Albert Schofield
Recalls fall in at Cessnock No. 2, 1942
31:05
Teddy Hales (undermanager), accident
Recollection of fall in, 1946
32:28
? Wilson, clerk
Ted Hales was in WWI
33:23
Description of miners' "dag"
Large skips at Kalingo
34:55
Charlie Summer (manager)
Teddy
Kalingo is now Pelton
36:59
Harry Wile worked at Bellbird
Mathieson
Colvin
Casual shifts at Kalingo
"Chook" Henwood
39:50
Joe McKendry was related to Ted Hales
Frank McKendry, Joe McKendry
40:18
Bob Austin, engineer (Little Cessnock)
Clem Jones
42:19
Box/bin
Chocks
43:11
Number of boilers, Kalingo
Horse yard
Travelling tunnel
45:14
End of Tape 473, Side A, Part 1 of 1
SubjectWile, Henry Nixon, 1915-2001Coal mines and miningKalingo Colliery (N.S.W.)Cessnock No. 2 Colliery (N.S.W.)PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToHarry McKendryJack GehrigJoe McKendry (1919-2003) - Mineworker, Maitland Main Colliery. Recorded 16 April 1990. Part 1/1.CreatorWile, Henry Nixon, 1915-2001Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010PlaceCessnock, NSWDate Created16th April 1990Location[1] Kalingo Colliery, NSW[2] Cessnock No. 2 Colliery, NSWIdentifier473Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Harry Wile (1915-2001) - Miner, Cessnock No. 2 Colliery. Recorded 16 April 1990. Part 1/1., [473A]. Living Histories, accessed 01/12/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/66837