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Coal Miner’s Helmet

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Coal Miner’s Helmet Helmed Glöwr

Credits:
© Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery, 2023. © Amgueddfa ac Oriel Gelf Brycheiniog, 2023.

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This coal miner's helmet from the early 1950s, with attached lamp, was found at Ystradgynlais. The users name 'Don' is carved under the brim. Made by the Thetford Patent Pulp Manufacturing Company, Norfolk, before hard plastics became commonplace. The hard material is made from a mixture of paper, rags and wood pulp, then soaked in linseed oil and resin, then painted and varnished. Blwch tun metal, a adwaenid fel tun snap neu focs tomi. Fe’i defnyddid yn gyffredin gan lowyr yn gynnar yn yr ugeinfed ganrif i fynd â bwyd i lawr y pyllau glo. Mae’r caead tynn yn diogelu’r bwyd rhag llwch, dŵr y pyllau glo a llygod mawr hyd yn oed. Roedd yn gyfle i lowyr orffwys yn ystod eu sifft llafurus.

Date:
1950-1959
Category:
Industry, Possessions

Institution:

Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery Amgueddfa ac Oriel Gelf Brycheiniog

Organisation Reference:
Brecon Museum y Gaer BRCNM 595.1

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