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Caerphilly (Gwent; Monmouthshire), Wales, UK

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Miner's lamp token

Oakdale Colliery, Oakdale, Caerphilly (Gwent; Monmouthshire), Wales, UK

Oval brass lamp token, 33x23mm. Lamp tokens were handed in to the lamp room attendant at the start of each shift in exchange for a safety lamp bearing the same identification number as that on the collier's personal check. At the end of his shift the collier would retrieve his check from a tally board in the lamp room or alternatively directly ...
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Risca Black Vein Colliery, Waunfawr nr. Risca

Risca Colliery (Blackvein Colliery), Risca, Caerphilly (Gwent; Monmouthshire), Wales, UK

Risca Black Vein Colliery, Waunfawr nr. Risca in 1930.
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