Chasewater Railway Museum
Newsletter, February and March 2018
Tag: Coppice Colliery
Chasewater Railway Museum – Nice New Acquisition
Chasewater Railway Museum
Nice New Acquisition
This latest acquisition is a very welcome addition to the Museum’s collection of local Cannock Chase items.
Nameplate: Foggo, 1946, from a standard gauge 0-4-2ST built at the Chasetown workshops of the Cannock Chase Colliery Co.Ltd. in 1946, using parts supplied by Beyer Peacock, together with spare parts accumulated over the years from similar locomotives already at work at the colliery. The name derives from Mr. Foggo, the General Manager of the company at the time and the nameplate incorporates the year of build. It became National Coal Board property on 1st January, 1947. Transferred to Coppice Colliery in early 1954 and to Brereton Colliery later the year. Scrapped by W.H.Arnott Young in January 1961. Cast Brass, 21½”x 8¾”, the front repainted.
Chasewater Railway Museum June 2017 Newsletter
Chasewater Railway Museum
June 2017 Newsletter
The visitor numbers for May were a little lower than in recent years at 1,584.
We’ve received some very nice items during May, not least from former local residents Sue and Diana Windsor. Sue sent the following email:
‘My grandfather Albert Edward Rose was a train driver in the collieries and I have some photos of trains at Fair Lady Pit Heath Hayes, Conduit Pit, photos of my grandad and other work colleagues on the engines. There are a few old newspaper cuttings about the history of the local collieries. There is also a letter from the then Prime Minister, Mr Attlee sent to the coal workers dated Jan 1951 asking them to work harder due to the threat of a coal shortage and finally a postcard in memory of the men who lost their lives in the Grove Pit disaster of 1930.
The museum was delighted to accept the offer.
Click on a photo for a larger version and use the side arrow to move to another pic.
The following item is a very well put together scrapbook of photos and postcards donated by Mrs D.Lawton in memory of Mr.K.Lawton, who had a footplate ride when very ill and Mr.M.J.Layland.
These two items were given to the museum by one of the very early members of the Railway, Laurence Hodgkinson, now, of course, at Amerton Railway. The first item is an LNWR ticket rack and the second, a poster board heading from Hednesford.
Our Curator, Barry Bull, donated a fine LNWR pay check from Camden.
David Bathurst donated his collection of Chasewater Railway mugs to add to our ever-increasing catalogue of railway –related items.
Two of the newspaper cuttings from Sue and Diana Windsor’s donation.
Two of the newspaper cuttings from Sue and Diana Windsor’s donation.
An unusual view of the Coppice Colliery (Fair Lady) at Heath Hayes. Certainly one that I hadn’t seen before.
This photo shows Neilson loco ‘Alfred Paget’ and Hawthorn Leslie ‘Asbestos’ with The MSL coach.
More photos for our collection
More photos for our collection
The museum had a visit from Diana and Sue Windor on May 19th. They used to live locally and Diana’s father was a loco driver at the Coppice Colliery, Heath Hayes, (Fair Lady) and the Conduit Colliery at Norton Canes.. Diana, Sue’s mum, celebrated her 90th birthday on May 18th. Her father, Albert Edward Rose, was born in 1902. The ladies gave us a selection of photographs, the first of which are shown here. We also have other items, including newspaper cuttings, which will be shown over the next few days.
