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Joe McKendry (1919-2003) - Mineworker, Maitland Main Colliery. Recorded 16 April 1990. Part 1/1.

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Summary473B Joe McKendry
Recorded 16 April 1990

0:25
Cessnock No. 2
Teddy Hayler

0:56
Joe started work at Cessnock No. 2
Pit top, screen

1:19
"Flatters" or clippers, haulage
Clem Jones, superintendent at Neath
Railway, private line
Bellbird
No. 2 tunnel ran to Aberdare Extended
No. 1 tunnel ran to Bellbird Extended
Dick Drinkwater

4:04
Tumbler
Creeper

4:13
Harry McKendry (brother), undermanager
Wickham & Bullock Is. Company

4:34
Two-way tunnel
Side coal

5:22
Timber
Joe McKendry did wheeling underground
Clem McKendry
Skips

7:24
Steam motors
Harry McKendry
Retreating

7:58
Joe McKendry worked at Kalingo
Worked at Wangi Power House, Aberdare
Clem Jones (uncle)

8:25
Cessnock Collieries purchased Kalingo
Timbering
Ray O'Hara

9:40
Ray O'Hara's father
Neath

10:25
Contract miners
Steel skips
Mechanisation of cutters and loaders

11:36
Little Cessnock fall in
Harry McKendry was superintendent

11:53
Recollection of fire at Easter time, 1946
Electric fan was of dual capacity

12:53
Recalls RAAF proposal to bomb mine
Open cut mine

14:43
Clem Jones
Extended, Bellbird and Maitland Main

15:05
Joe McKendry worked at Maitland Main
? Watson, manager of Maitland Main

15:27
Arthur Mel, manager of Maitland Main
Ted Hayler, manager

15:50
Wilson Lightfoot
Joe McKendry was 76 years old (1990)
Ray O'Hara

17:32 End (Tape 473/Side A) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

SubjectMcKendry, Patrick Joseph, 1919-2003 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

Cessnock No. 2 Colliery (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Maitland Main 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 ToRay O'Hara Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

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

CreatorMcKendry, Patrick Joseph, 1919-2003 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Date Created16th April 1990 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Location^[1]Aberdare Extended Colliery, NSw Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

^[2]Maitland Main Colliery, NSw Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

^[3]Cessnock No. 2 Colliery, NSw Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Identifier473B Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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