Colliery Engineman's Piece Tin

Used by miners to take their food underground. Due to the hot working enviroment only certain food would stay fresh and so the jam sandwich was a popular lunchime staple.

Museum reference:
NLC-2001-96
Made by:
Salter ?
Associated with:
1940 - 1960 · Brown, James · Chapelhall · Used by James Brown, father-in-law of donor, who was an engine man at a pit near Chapelhall. James Brown was from Holytown and died in 1985, aged approx 70 years. He worked down the pits during WW2.
Dimensions:
height: 204 mm
width: 130mm
depth: 74 mm
Materials:
steel

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