Varteg & Mwrwg-Vale Contracts Completed.

davey4270

davey4270

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Today at Crymlyn A Shop 1140 has pulled out two contract built wagons for the Varteg Colliery Company Ltd. and Mwrwg-Vale Collieries Ltd.
Dai the Paint puts the final touches to one of the wagons while our foreman enjoys a fag in the morning sunshine.

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Allen M

Western Thunderer
davey4270 said:
Today at Crymlyn A Shop 1140 has pulled out two contract built wagons for the Varteg Colliery Company Ltd. and Mwrwg-Vale Collieries Ltd.
Dai the Paint puts the final touches to one of the wagons while our foreman enjoys a fag in the morning sunshine.

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At the liveries of real collieries or not?
I know there were many dozens of different ones before nationalization.
Regards
Allen
 
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Allen M

Western Thunderer
Hi David
Thanks for your reply. I have a passing interest in the South Wales mines as my Paternal Grandfather was a 'minor' from leaving school, about 1895 until the late 1920s when he moved, with the family to near Kidderminster. However he never went underground. His job was a groundsman. It included hedging, fencing, ditching, drainage, tracks & roads and all the work necessary to keep the entire site working.
I do not know for sure but think he was towards the Eastern end of the valleys.
Regards
Allen Morgan
 
davey4270

davey4270

Western Thunderer
Allen M said:
Hi David
Thanks for your reply. I have a passing interest in the South Wales mines as my Paternal Grandfather was a 'minor' from leaving school, about 1895 until the late 1920s when he moved, with the family to near Kidderminster. However he never went underground. His job was a groundsman. It included hedging, fencing, ditching, drainage, tracks & roads and all the work necessary to keep the entire site working.
I do not know for sure but think he was towards the Eastern end of the valleys.
Regards
Allen Morgan
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