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  • 19 August 2017 at 09:55 #4273
    WorkshopPete
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      Looking for a lost model

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      19 August 2017 at 09:55 #312847
      WorkshopPete
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        @workshoppete

        Hi I have been asked by a friend if I can find the where abouts of a model last seen in the late 1950's. It was a steam operated model of Seaton Burn Colliery. being first displayed at the 1929 North East Coast Exhibition held in Exhibition Park Newcastle upon Tyne after this it when to an exhibition in Copenhagen. It was kept at the builders home after this eventually been sold the two showmen from South Wales after this the trail goes cold. The model was called the Automated Model Colliery and entry to the exhbit cost 3 old pence.Any information would be welcome and will past to my friend who is a local historian.

        20 August 2017 at 21:56 #313091
        Hacksaw
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          @hacksaw

          Saw this … **LINK**   on  ebay now funnily enough !

          s-l1600 (4).jpg

          bit of a state !

          Edited By Hacksaw on 20/08/2017 21:58:04

          Edited By Hacksaw on 20/08/2017 22:17:26

          12 January 2018 at 21:47 #336511
          Kevin Potter
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            @kevinpotter61227

            Hi there workshop pete, regarding the automatic model colliery, it was my uncle John Bennett, and his friend Bob Locke,later lord mayor of Newcastle, who built the model,i have a photo of it in the exhibition, my family has been trying to track it down for a while to no avail! Not much help sorry.

            13 January 2018 at 10:41 #336550
            Ian S C
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              @iansc

              Put Help what is it. In the keyword box, All topics, and you'll find that we have seen this before, and couldn't work out it's exact use.

              Ian S C

              13 January 2018 at 11:38 #336557
              Journeyman
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                @journeyman

                This is the *** LINK *** to the other recent thread on this item.

                John

                Edited By Journeyman on 13/01/2018 11:40:18

                14 January 2018 at 10:31 #336641
                Ian S C
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                  @iansc

                  Thanks John, I tend to get muddled up putting in the link, so I kid myself that if I direct someone to do the search etc etc.

                  Ian S C

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