Looking after the pit ponies· Page 2

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Ty Gwyn
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#21

Take a look in the Welshcoalmines web site,you`ll find several photo`s of Horse`s and Ponies at work.

christwigg
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"carnkie" wrote:
Have I just missed them or is it strange that there are no archive photos of pit ponies at work or relaxing in the UK. They were after all a vital part of the industry. There are plenty in the States a you know but that was mainly due to the work of one person.

Heres a couple i've just uploaded for you.
[photo]Upleatham-Iron-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-46012[/photo]
[photo]Upleatham-Iron-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-46014[/photo]

carnkie
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#23

Thanks. :thumbsup:

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

Darran Cowd
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#24

We have quite a few items (harness, show rosettes, grooming kit etc etc) and images in the collections here at Caphouse Colliery. Some of it is on display in the Coal Interface exhibition. We're also home to Patch, one of the last pit ponies (well he's more of a horse really!), he worked in a drift mine in Wales; unfortunately he's getting quite old now...

Ty Gwyn
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#25

Was it Carn Cornel or Nant Fach that Patch came from?

Darran Cowd
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#26

It was Nant Fach, we have his harness and headgear from when he worked there too.

ICLOK
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#27

Is one of these Patch?
🔗Personal-Album-856-Image-46063[linkphoto]Personal-Album-856-Image-46063[/linkphoto][/link]
😉

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh Creeper!!!!!

Peter Burgess
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#28

Here is Stockings, Surrey's last pit pony.

carnkie
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#29

Great photo Peter, thanks.

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Peter Burgess
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#30

Can you see why he was called Stockings?

Ty Gwyn
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#31

Try www.railway photography.co.uk

Some photo`s of Nant Fach with ponies working,also Pantygasseg where the last Pitponies in Wales finished work.

carnkie
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#32

"Peter Burgess" wrote:
Can you see why he was called Stockings?

Sorry no, i'm probably being as usual thick tonight,

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Peter Burgess
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#33

OK, it's the shape of the white "blaze" (is that the right word?) on the horse's head.

carnkie
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#34

This has reminded me of one of favorite photos. I don't think the headgear would have protected him much.

🔗Pittston-Coal-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-35445[linkphoto]Pittston-Coal-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-35445[/linkphoto][/link]

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

shovel_6
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#35

Have a look at my album and you'll see one of a pony underground at Pentrich Colliery Near Ripley Derbyshire. Closed in 1944, I believe it was one of the first to dispense with ponies totally. Photographer had no control of pony's head movement though!

carnkie
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#36

The last pony mine in America was the New Gladstone Coal Mine in Appanoose County, Iowa, which shut down its operations in 1971, ending an era of pony mining.
YouTube videos on the last pony mine.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0NZRSDoqCk

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

Morlock
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#37

"carnkie" wrote:
The last pony mine in America was the New Gladstone Coal Mine in Appanoose County, Iowa, which shut down its operations in 1971, ending an era of pony mining.
YouTube videos on the last pony mine.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0NZRSDoqCk

Excellent. :thumbsup:

AR
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#38

Fascinating footage, looks like the place was being run on a shoestring!

Follow the horses, Johnny my laddie, follow the horses canny lad-oh!

Peter Burgess
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#39

Thank you Carnkie. Films like that are rare and this one is a gem.

carnkie
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#40

There is also a 30 minute DVD on the mine and ponies in the American Series produced by the Iowa State University which I imagine would be very interesting.http://www.chiptaylor.com/ttlmnp0147-.cfm

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.