[Gayle]

I was told that 'gobbin' is the name for a small sliver of coal. As the truck carrying the coal went through town there were little slivers of coal which would fall off the truck. The really poor people would pick these up because they couldn't afford to buy coal. They became 'Gobbiners' and therefore 'Gobbiners' came synonymous with poor and badly educated folk.

I was also told that the 'big lamp' is in that position because it marks the top of the last mine that was closed in Ossy.