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Mines Rescue Vehicles
Mansfield Woodhouse station superintendent J.G. Huskisson stands by a Standard motor car c. 1912. There was always a canary, in a cage, in his car ready for an emergency call out.
Betsy the Fire Engine
Betsy cost 150ukp in 1916 Including:- 55HP Leyland - Type U4 Reg No AL 5184 Vehicle No for Renewals 3828 Engine No 5050 Rees Roturbo Pump 500 gals per min.

Winder

 

The Emergency Winder
Philip's pride and joy

The Emergency Winder was a truly awesome vehicle. In it's day there were no motorways. It had fixed routes to pits, which it had to follow. These routes had no low bridges, telegraph wires or tight corners.

Emergency Winders

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I need more information. This site started off as Philip's scrap book but it is now expanding. As is so often the case we did not get enough information from Philip while he was alive. I need more information, stories and pictures so that those interested can find out more about the mining industry in the UK, what it was like to be a miner what it was like to live in a mining family, or as in Philip's case a mines rescue family.


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