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08-26-2021, 03:10 PM
Have any of you in the past or do any of you currently collect coal mining stickers. When I was a kid in the early 80's it was a big hobby around eastern Kentucky. I kept my old collection and have recently started buying a few here and there. i don't have a lot. I guess i have 200-300 in my collection. It's relatively cheap hobby, and I guess it has a bit of nostalgia to it.
08-26-2021, 05:20 PM
(08-26-2021, 03:10 PM)Westside Wrote: Have any of you in the past or do any of you currently collect coal mining stickers. When I was a kid in the early 80's it was a big hobby around eastern Kentucky. I kept my old collection and have recently started buying a few here and there. i don't have a lot. I guess i have 200-300 in my collection. It's relatively cheap hobby, and I guess it has a bit of nostalgia to it.I was on a mine rescue team for a couple of years and built a small collection but I have lost track of it over the years. One of my roommates' father had a huge collection. He was a longtime Safety Director for a large coal company with operations in WV, VA, and KY and began collecting them when he was a young man. Mine rescue and first aid competitions were great places to trade stickers with miners from other companies around the country.
08-29-2021, 08:58 PM
(08-26-2021, 05:20 PM)Hoot Gibson Wrote:(08-26-2021, 03:10 PM)Westside Wrote: Have any of you in the past or do any of you currently collect coal mining stickers. When I was a kid in the early 80's it was a big hobby around eastern Kentucky. I kept my old collection and have recently started buying a few here and there. i don't have a lot. I guess i have 200-300 in my collection. It's relatively cheap hobby, and I guess it has a bit of nostalgia to it.I was on a mine rescue team for a couple of years and built a small collection but I have lost track of it over the years. One of my roommates' father had a huge collection. He was a longtime Safety Director for a large coal company with operations in WV, VA, and KY and began collecting them when he was a young man. Mine rescue and first aid competitions were great places to trade stickers with miners from other companies around the country.
I still have my original collection. It isn't substantial by any means, but I'm glad I still have it. I drove a rock truck for a surface mine in Jackson County back in the late 90's. Collecting stickers didn't even cross my mind at that point. Besides, when I think of coal mining stickers, I think of deep mines, not strip mines.
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