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17 years ago
i have just bought a platt brothers pit check as my grandfather (sadly no longer with us) worked for them at moston colliery manchester,the person i bought it off is wondering why there is a letter stamped on the ones he has,there are various letters a,f.m.c,mine is c.
id like to think it denoted either the coal seam worked by the employee or perhaps the colliery,unfortunatly there is no colliery name on the check so either its very old or it was somthing to do with surface operations.
could anyone give me any help working out what this letter denotes as ive failed to find any records from platts collieries from before nationalisation.
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Coalboard
12 years ago
Hi,
Bit late replying but these tallies are probably related to the company's mills and foundries. Be careful, there is a faker of tallies on Ebay, he has made Moston tallies along with other NW pits over the years, if you ever see one and are tempted email me a pic and I'll let you know if its genuine,
Coalboard

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