FEATHERSTONE MAIN COLLIERY Co CHECK MINER PIT LAMP

F.M.C.Co 1454 STAMPED ON FRONT. THIS IS FEATHERSTONE MAIN COLLIERY COMPANY

32mm VERY GOOD CONDITION AND A LOVELY ORIGINAL PATINA.

1868 SINKING PIT. (COLIN JACKSON HAS IT AS 1874 OPENED). CLOSED 1935.

ACTON HALL, THE SITE OF THE FEATHERSTONE MASSACRE IN 1893, WHEN TWO MINERS WERE KILLED BY TROOPS AND FOURTEEN INJURED, IS JUST A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY. YOU SHOULD READ "BULLETS FOR BREAD" BY WILLIAM RILEY. ALSO IT WAS WHEN CUNNINGHAM THE LOCAL M.P. QUOTED - "REVOLUTIONS ARE NOT MADE OF ROSE WATER"

THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW RARE GENUINE LATE 1800's / EARLY 1900's STAMPED PIT CHECKS THAT ARE AROUND

DESPITE LIVING FOR 27 YEARS JUST A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE SITE OF THIS COLLIERY, I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN EMBOSSED CHECK FROM THIS PIT!! I HAVE EMBOSSED ASSOCIATION AND ATHLETICS BADGES FOR IT, BUT NO EMBOSSED CHECKS SEEM TO EXIST

Featherstone, by which I mean �Old� or �North� Featherstone, and Purston, up until 1868 when John Shaw sank Featherstone Main Colliery, were agricultural communities with a combined population in 1861 of just 616. By 1881 this had risen to 3953, the vast majority being miners and their families living in the area around Station Lane, called �South� or �New� Featherstone, and originating from Durham; Staffordshire; Wales; Lancashire, in fact almost anywhere but Featherstone!

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UP TO FOUR BADGES/CHECKS PER ENVELOPE COMBINED, BUT WILL NOT SPLIT LOTS IF SOLD IN MULTIPLES