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May D'Ath filling the Coal Bucket, Denniston. June ,1940.
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Denniston coal mining series - 29 June 1940. Nelson Provincial Museum, Lewers Collection: 325074PhotographerNeville LewersDate of Photo1940Map[1] ContributorHeather Newby
Denniston coal mining series - 29 June 1940. Nelson Provincial Museum, Lewers Collection: 325074PhotographerNeville LewersDate of Photo1940Map[1] ContributorHeather Newby
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Location (city or town)DennistonPersonMay D'Ath EventFilling the Coal Bucket, Denniston.June , 1940.
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Date Created12th February 2021CommentsHeather Gaulter
Didn’t we all do that, usually a kerosene tin
Nova Hichens
I remember all the coal heaps on peoples lawns in the winter.Good old days.
Lorraine O'Donoghue
A typical West Coast scene a few years ago.
Anne Lambe
The old kerosene tin.
Clive Bennett
Note the good old 4 gallon Kero tin with top cut off and converted into a handy bucket!
Bruce Whitfield
Clive Bennett my dad and grandad used to open the cans up and use the tin for lining the outside of sheds.
Stuart McMillan
Those tins would have been heavy when full of coal
Joy Beveridge
That's what doubled as our whitebait buckets...
Heather Newby
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Our family had a concrete coal bin,, and we used a coal bucket and banjo shovel to fill the bucket.
Bob Laing
Coal bucket filling. The Coast all over. One of my jobs before and after school. Rain, hail and shine.
Heather Newby
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Christine Banks yes.. there was heaps of gas in the mines.. it made a whistling sound as it came out of the coal.. like a whistling kettle
Thomas Peter Mulligan
Great photo tough life up there
Deb Hoare
Awesome photo!
Beryl Neal
Remember doing that.
Dorothy Wills
Used to do that back when we used coal on an open fire
Kaye Mckay
These tins had so many uses
Leslie Connor
REMEMBER DOING THAT INBLACKBALL AT AUNTY AN UNCLES
Shona Ratana
Remembering filling the coal bucket in Dobson?
Heather Reid
We all have done that
Yvonne Mirfin
Yes we have all done that in those
h
Ron McCann
Kerosene tin coalbucket whitebait tin shit tin and many other uses
Barbara Fitzsimmons
Ron McCann your shit wouldnt be heavy mouse . Take a year to full it .ah ya checky little bitch .I hear ya .
Ron McCann
Barbara Fitzsimmons got that right you'll always be a cheeky little bitch
Andy Grigg
We were 3 boys in our family up Tindale Rd, we had the '39 steps' to carry wood and coal up, at least there were 3 of us!
Zilla Steele
I still have a kerosene tin
Pete Lusk
Does anyone know the name of this woman? Photographer is John Pascoe.
Heather Newby
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Pete Lusk photographer is Neville Lewers
Averil Drake
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Pete Lusk she looks like my grandma who lived up at Burnett’s face, but I’ve not had this confirmed
Lee Williams
We all had coal heaps out the front. 10 bob or $1 to the truck driver, free coal if you worked in the mine.
Mark Boon
Theresa Boon might have walked past this spot earlier today....Mark Boon
Theresa Boon might have walked past this spot earlier today....
· Reply · 17h
Bob Laing
Coal bucket filling. The Coast all over. One of my jobs before and after school. Rain, hail and shine.
Bob Laing
Dennis Minehan
A Coast building boom ?
Some of those greenies also filled coal buckets elsewhere in NZ I am sure.
Coal is too expensive in the rest of NZ to fill coal buckets... its the natural gas that closed down the coalmines.. kapuni natural gas closed down Dobson mine after they lost their major contract to the Auckland gas company
Bob Laing
Heather Newby
60 plus years ago coal was used in lots of NZ households
NZ has quite a few coal deposits … See More
Christine Banks
Heather Newby pity we don't look into using the gas from these coal mines if we are not allowed to actually mine anymore but to simply not use our assets wisely, seems insane.
Andy Grigg
Dennis Minehan Greenie's minds are the only thing contaminated, mate!
· Reply · 19h · Edited
Andy Grigg
Christine Banks my favorite saying lately is 'Defies logic'
Christine Banks yes.. there was heaps of gas in the mines.. it made a whistling sound as it came out of the coal.. like a whistling kettle
Lee Williams
We all had coal heaps out the front. 10 bob or $1 to the truck driver, free coal if you worked in the mine.
Zilla Steele
I still have a kerosene tin
Andy Grigg
We were 3 boys in our family up Tindale Rd, we had the '39 steps' to carry wood and coal up, at least there were 3 of us!
Ron McCann
Kerosene tin coalbucket whitebait tin shit tin and many other uses
Barbara Fitzsimmons
Ron McCann
Yvonne Mirfin
Yes we have all done that in those
Heather Reid
We all have done that
Shona Ratana
Remembering filling the coal bucket in Dobson?
Leslie Connor
REMEMBER DOING THAT INBLACKBALL AT AUNTY AN UNCLES
Kaye Mckay
These tins had so many uses
Clive Bennett
Note the good old 4 gallon Kero tin with top cut off and converted into a handy bucket!
Bruce Whitfield
Clive Bennett my dad and grandad used to open the cans up and use the tin for lining the outside of sheds.
Dorothy Wills
Used to do that back when we used coal on an open fire
Beryl Neal
Remember doing that.
Deb Hoare
Awesome photo!
Thomas Peter Mulligan
Great photo tough life up there
Our family had a concrete coal bin,, and we used a coal bucket and banjo shovel to fill the bucket.
Joy Beveridge
That's what doubled as our whitebait buckets...
Stuart McMillan
Those tins would have been heavy when full of coal
Anne Lambe
The old kerosene tin.
Lorraine O'Donoghue
A typical West Coast scene a few years ago.
Nova Hichens
I remember all the coal heaps on peoples lawns in the winter.Good old days.
Heather Gaulter
Didn’t we all do that, usually a kerosene tin
Didn’t we all do that, usually a kerosene tin
Nova Hichens
I remember all the coal heaps on peoples lawns in the winter.Good old days.
Lorraine O'Donoghue
A typical West Coast scene a few years ago.
Anne Lambe
The old kerosene tin.
Clive Bennett
Note the good old 4 gallon Kero tin with top cut off and converted into a handy bucket!
Bruce Whitfield
Clive Bennett my dad and grandad used to open the cans up and use the tin for lining the outside of sheds.
Stuart McMillan
Those tins would have been heavy when full of coal
Joy Beveridge
That's what doubled as our whitebait buckets...
Heather Newby
badge icon
Author
Our family had a concrete coal bin,, and we used a coal bucket and banjo shovel to fill the bucket.
Bob Laing
Coal bucket filling. The Coast all over. One of my jobs before and after school. Rain, hail and shine.
Heather Newby
badge icon
Author
Christine Banks yes.. there was heaps of gas in the mines.. it made a whistling sound as it came out of the coal.. like a whistling kettle
Thomas Peter Mulligan
Great photo tough life up there
Deb Hoare
Awesome photo!
Beryl Neal
Remember doing that.
Dorothy Wills
Used to do that back when we used coal on an open fire
Kaye Mckay
These tins had so many uses
Leslie Connor
REMEMBER DOING THAT INBLACKBALL AT AUNTY AN UNCLES
Shona Ratana
Remembering filling the coal bucket in Dobson?
Heather Reid
We all have done that
Yvonne Mirfin
Yes we have all done that in those
h
Ron McCann
Kerosene tin coalbucket whitebait tin shit tin and many other uses
Barbara Fitzsimmons
Ron McCann your shit wouldnt be heavy mouse . Take a year to full it .ah ya checky little bitch .I hear ya .
Ron McCann
Barbara Fitzsimmons got that right you'll always be a cheeky little bitch
Andy Grigg
We were 3 boys in our family up Tindale Rd, we had the '39 steps' to carry wood and coal up, at least there were 3 of us!
Zilla Steele
I still have a kerosene tin
Pete Lusk
Does anyone know the name of this woman? Photographer is John Pascoe.
Heather Newby
badge icon
Author
Pete Lusk photographer is Neville Lewers
Averil Drake
badge icon
Pete Lusk she looks like my grandma who lived up at Burnett’s face, but I’ve not had this confirmed
Lee Williams
We all had coal heaps out the front. 10 bob or $1 to the truck driver, free coal if you worked in the mine.
Mark Boon
Theresa Boon might have walked past this spot earlier today....Mark Boon
Theresa Boon might have walked past this spot earlier today....
· Reply · 17h
Bob Laing
Coal bucket filling. The Coast all over. One of my jobs before and after school. Rain, hail and shine.
Bob Laing
Dennis Minehan
A Coast building boom ?
Some of those greenies also filled coal buckets elsewhere in NZ I am sure.
Coal is too expensive in the rest of NZ to fill coal buckets... its the natural gas that closed down the coalmines.. kapuni natural gas closed down Dobson mine after they lost their major contract to the Auckland gas company
Bob Laing
Heather Newby
60 plus years ago coal was used in lots of NZ households
NZ has quite a few coal deposits … See More
Christine Banks
Heather Newby pity we don't look into using the gas from these coal mines if we are not allowed to actually mine anymore but to simply not use our assets wisely, seems insane.
Andy Grigg
Dennis Minehan Greenie's minds are the only thing contaminated, mate!
· Reply · 19h · Edited
Andy Grigg
Christine Banks my favorite saying lately is 'Defies logic'
Christine Banks yes.. there was heaps of gas in the mines.. it made a whistling sound as it came out of the coal.. like a whistling kettle
Lee Williams
We all had coal heaps out the front. 10 bob or $1 to the truck driver, free coal if you worked in the mine.
Zilla Steele
I still have a kerosene tin
Andy Grigg
We were 3 boys in our family up Tindale Rd, we had the '39 steps' to carry wood and coal up, at least there were 3 of us!
Ron McCann
Kerosene tin coalbucket whitebait tin shit tin and many other uses
Barbara Fitzsimmons
Ron McCann
Yvonne Mirfin
Yes we have all done that in those
Heather Reid
We all have done that
Shona Ratana
Remembering filling the coal bucket in Dobson?
Leslie Connor
REMEMBER DOING THAT INBLACKBALL AT AUNTY AN UNCLES
Kaye Mckay
These tins had so many uses
Clive Bennett
Note the good old 4 gallon Kero tin with top cut off and converted into a handy bucket!
Bruce Whitfield
Clive Bennett my dad and grandad used to open the cans up and use the tin for lining the outside of sheds.
Dorothy Wills
Used to do that back when we used coal on an open fire
Beryl Neal
Remember doing that.
Deb Hoare
Awesome photo!
Thomas Peter Mulligan
Great photo tough life up there
Our family had a concrete coal bin,, and we used a coal bucket and banjo shovel to fill the bucket.
Joy Beveridge
That's what doubled as our whitebait buckets...
Stuart McMillan
Those tins would have been heavy when full of coal
Anne Lambe
The old kerosene tin.
Lorraine O'Donoghue
A typical West Coast scene a few years ago.
Nova Hichens
I remember all the coal heaps on peoples lawns in the winter.Good old days.
Heather Gaulter
Didn’t we all do that, usually a kerosene tin
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