Postcard of a model of a working coal mine
This is an undated postcard which, on the reverse side, has printed, "A Working Model of the Senghenydd Colliery, South Wales, 500 men lost their lives, October 13th, 1913." There are a number of aspects that make me curious about this postcard. Firstly, where is this model, and does it still exist? Second, who could have been so uninformed about the event so as to boldly round up the number of men losing their lives from 439 to 500? And lastly, you have to wonder who would buy such a mundane and uninteresting postcard (apart, of course, from me).