This is the original mine whistle ,
The whistle sat above the poppet head head to blow and sound the change of shift in the mine.
It also sounded when significant things had happened in the community , it’s down for routine maintenance and shortly it will be back blowing at 12 o,clock daily.
It certainly would have sounded long and hard to mark the coal miners union fought defeat of the state government in a fight for better wages and conditions for its members , this is depicted in the movie Strikebound .
I’m proud to say my grandfather was a coal miner .
So I’m a miners grandson ,
Cheers xxx
Curlyg