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Memories of Rhondda Colliery

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:May 21, 2019
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography

Ernie Eade started work at Rhondda Colliery, Teralba, on January 27, 1927 at the age of 14. He was paid six shillings and sixpence a day, a rate that increased…

Lizard tracks on the ceiling of Wallarah Colliery, May 1979. Photo by Brian R. Andrews

The mystery in the mine: lizard tracks deep below Catherine Hill Bay.

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 10, 2019
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia

MILLIONS of years ago, apparently, a large lizard or similar creature was taking a walk on some soft ground. Its feet sank into the mud, and it backed away. The…

Young Brian Andrews, photographed by rail and mine enthusiast, the late Jim Webber.

Brian’s childhood polio helped feed his love of coalmines and railways

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 2, 2019
Post category:Greg Ray's Writing History Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Brian Robert Andrews was born in the midst of coal and steam near his father's workplace at West Wallsend Extended Colliery at Killingworth in 1948. His father was in charge…