merlin
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Post by merlin on Jun 16, 2016 11:21:44 GMT -5
deputies also used there sticks to wake men having a nap I wants saw a deputy throw a bucket of water on a young lad who was sleeping
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Clive
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Post by Clive on Jun 16, 2016 11:57:42 GMT -5
deputies also used there sticks to wake men having a nap I wants saw a deputy throw a bucket of water on a young lad who was sleeping Father was asleep in an emico bucket one day. The overman took a pair of pliers out of his top overall pocket and woke him up. 'Are these yours Derek?' he asked. Father thanked him, put them back in his pocket and went back to sleep
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tate
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Post by tate on May 19, 2017 4:53:48 GMT -5
Hi there hope everyone is well.
I have a question I've just found one of these sticks you speak of in a charity shop and I've been searching on line for a good while now to try and find more info about them. Does anyone know of any sites or anywhere where I can find some sort of info about them. It's a lovely stick and a great find it's also nice how it has a great story behind it. Many many thanks Tate.
Ps I live in Hucknall and know it used to have a big mining history
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Post by John on May 19, 2017 5:27:36 GMT -5
Hi there hope everyone is well. I have a question I've just found one of these sticks you speak of in a charity shop and I've been searching on line for a good while now to try and find more info about them. Does anyone know of any sites or anywhere where I can find some sort of info about them. It's a lovely stick and a great find it's also nice how it has a great story behind it. Many many thanks Tate. Ps I live in Hucknall and know it used to have a big mining history They are known as Deputy's yard sticks, exactly 36" long, the tip has a metal tip in it to stop the end getting damaged and from that end a number of brass tacks set at 6" apart. the sticks were used as measuring sticks, the Official carrying one could measure if a miner had set the props no further apart than the Managers support rules. It could also be used to hang a safety lamp on to check methane levels, you will find a hole through the handle end for that purpose, it could also be used to sound the roof , if he got a hollow noise when he tapped the roof, he would know it was dangerous.
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Post by erichall on Jul 17, 2018 10:15:09 GMT -5
I have recently been having a clear-out and shame n me, have come across what is a combination between a Deputy's yard stick, and an ornamental geologist's hammer. It is one of a number made for the DOWTY company as an advertising device. I remember one of the ex-Westthorpe Managers always carrying on. This one, I never carried, but one of my drinking pals was talking one day, asked me if I'd ever seen one and was it genuine. When I said it was, he asked me if I would like it since it was 'no-good to him'. It is thin, and the handle is in the form of what I would call a nadge, that is, a hammer on one end and a flat, vertical chisel-shaped geologist' pick for taking of rock samples, with a hole bored through it.
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Post by quimbyj1745 on Jul 17, 2018 14:26:13 GMT -5
My father, who was manager at Coventry colliery 1943 to 1959, had one of these given to him by one of the mining companies. I found it amongst his things after his death in 1994. It was a smart bit of kit but of no practical use. It is now with the South Derbyshire mining preservation group.
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Post by dazbt on Jul 19, 2018 14:13:52 GMT -5
I have recently been having a clear-out and shame n me, have come across what is a combination between a Deputy's yard stick, and an ornamental geologist's hammer. It is one of a number made for the DOWTY company as an advertising device. I remember one of the ex-Westthorpe Managers always carrying on. This one, I never carried, but one of my drinking pals was talking one day, asked me if I'd ever seen one and was it genuine. When I said it was, he asked me if I would like it since it was 'no-good to him'. It is thin, and the handle is in the form of what I would call a nadge, that is, a hammer on one end and a flat, vertical chisel-shaped geologist' pick for taking of rock samples, with a hole bored through it. Steiger Stick, used widely by mine officers in Germany, Poland etc. the more ornamental ones given as gifts, mementos, presentations etc. www.amazon.de/Zerlegbarer-Spazierstock-Wanderstock-Kapitänsstock-Geheimfach/dp/B01N9YTQNFtranslate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%25C3%25A4ckel_(Bergbau)&prev=search
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