The bucket is part of the series of W1400 & W1800 draglines which once worked the opencast mines around Corby. The W1400 & 1800 coding denotes the rough weight of each dragline i.e. W1400 = 1,400 ...

Nobody seems quite sure when the first Corby Pole Fair was held. Some say it goes back to the 13th Century, some to 1585 when Queen Elizabeth I was rescued from a bog by Corby villagers and others ...

The bucket is part of the series of W1400 & W1800 draglines which once worked the opencast mines around Corby. The W1400 & 1800 coding denotes the rough weight of each dragline i.e. W1400 = 1,400 ...