A 425 placing empties into Wallsend Mine sidings.ca.1950s.

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DescriptionA 425 placing empties into Wallsend Mine sidings. Steam from hoist winding engines.Two winder operators were Harry Mettrick & Bowie Watson both Ex NZR Loco drivers.
Date of Photo1955Map^[1]ContributorIan Coates

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Location (city or town)WallsendPersonHarry Mettrick Bowie WatsonLandmark (Place)Wallsend StationWilliams shopWilliams storeEvent425

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Category TagCoal Mining

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LinkFacebookDate Created2015-06-30CommentsGail N Gary Martin
I have been down that mine with my father

Donald Allan Hillier
Annie and Bobby Leakers house , and ours this side of it

Debbie Ansett
Donald Allan Hillier Bobby Leaker played the bag pipes and we could hear them in Taylorville.

Donald Allan Hillier
Debbie Ansett that was young Bobby used to play bagpipes in the 1950s

Patricia Niha
Donald Allan Hillier Annie was my god mother

Noel Warren
Went down with Dad once, that was enough for me

Noel Warren
What year did the pub burn down ?

Tom Hartill
Noel Warren 1967 Noel.

Jill Jones
Went down with my Dad (Claude Hartill) that was enough for me too.

Brian Kelly
Grew up just up the hill from the mine. People would stay at home and the noise from the mine at night would drive them crazy.

Tom Hartill
William's store at left.Colman Creagh
pretty sure Charly Finlay was the last winder operater. Charly had a farmlet at St Kilda just by the new Stillwater bridge
Robin Gibbens
Great photo
Mike Waghorne
I well remember that little Wallsend station. The Railcar would roar through at 06h00 and the guard would throw off the bundle of Grey River Argus papers that I would then deliver to Wallsend, Brunner and Taylorville. If he forgot, I would go along the… See more

Pauline Schafer
Mike Waghorne I remember that station too. We’d walk along the rail lines with a bucket and pick up lumps of coal. And pick blackberries all around there.

Rose Henham
Went down with dad a few times.

Garry Wick
I've watched the steam hauler in operition many years ago . Very quiet when winding .

Anna Jensen
Jade Twyman check out this cool picture bro

Heather Reid
Went down mine with dad most weekends. Wouldn't get me there nowShona Ratana
Knew this area well

Mary Moffitt
Does that wooden path lead over to the swing bridge? The two wires look like the stays for the bridge.

Yvonne Lawson
My Dad loved the bag pipes too.i have all his records.

Mary Moffitt
Donald Allan Hillier I think that a daughter of that house and family worked for my mother when we were small. Bet we were a handful!Gail Paul Swainson
Got the same photo on wall at home .paul swainson
Sandra Sands
I went down in the cage at Wallsend with my dad Jack Sands the winch man at that time was !!! Ritchie,
Richard Butcher
Harry Metrick was my uncle. He had a lot to do with Rugby. He drove trains in the Middle East during the war with the Railway Operating Company. He retired in Hastings after many years on Boilers and steam engines.

Colin Skates
Richard Butcher I can remember Harry Mettrick as one of ours coaches at the United Club when I was a young fella in the 60's

Pauline Schafer
Gosh that takes me back. We used to go down that side road to the station and over the road to the beach for swimming. Mum even went down one day and Dad took the wireless and a blanket so they could relax on the beach and watch us kids swimming.

Robert Watson
Bowie Watson was my father. He worked in the Railways in Greymouth before going to Wallsend, him and my mother Tess Watson owned the Empire Hotel at Seddonville for many years

Ken Barr
Robert, I was going to ask if there were two Bowies. When did he go to Seddonville?

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A 425 placing empties into Wallsend Mine sidings.ca.1950s.

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