Library and Gobbin Lamp

Library and Gobbin Lamp
Library and Gobbin Lamp
Library and Gobbin Lamp
iBase ID
231144
Reference identifier
HAC08052010051
Title
Library and Gobbin Lamp
Place
Oswaldtwistle
General notes
User comments: 'The term Gobbin is thought to derive from the Coal Mining industry. Until the 1920s there was a big mine - the Town Bent Pit - at the end of Roe Greave Road, and there was also a lot of Open Cast coal mining on the rural fringes of the town, e.g. in the Green Haworth area.

The significance of the Gobbin Lamp (this is a replica of the original) is that if you, as an Oswaldtwistle resident, were born "above the lamp", then you are a true Gobbiner! There sadly isn't a special name for those of us who were born "below the lamp!" ' 02/04/2024.
Medium
Photographic print
Colour
Colour
Original image size
14.5 x 10.0
Locator
Accrington: H02/T25 accession 7653
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