Exhibition Label Text: Mines were hot and dusty places to work in, and work at the coalface was often hard physical labour. It was important for a miner to have a flask of tea or water with him to drink throughout the day. This light metal flask was used just after the turn of the century.
h: 24 x w: 11.7 x d: 7.6 cms

– Digital image on Keeper’s computer – S:/Keeper/MyPictures/Exhibitions/DisplayNewVisitorCentre. Taken December 2003.
– Type visible in photograph 1997.0253. Metal flask/bottle [1920==1950 for drinking water, cold tea]

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