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Miners leave danger behind after finishing a shift at Elemore Colliery
These young miners will win a name for themselves, as crawlers at Europes biggest undersea mining complex. They will crawl for charity from Woodhorn Colliery on their hands
Its almost 10 a. m. and the day shift men enjoy a last smokeIts almost 10 a.m. and the day shift men enjoy a last smoke and a chat before descending the Betty Pit, North Walbottle Colliery, to commence their days work
Mechanized coal mining. A group of miners sit down for a rest while working underground 1946 P017733
An automatic (fire damp) detector developed by the Mining and Materials Handling Division of the English Electric Co. Ltd
Recent additions to the unique collection of pit lamps at Armstrong College, Newcastle
Lamp man Jack Storey lit his last miners lamp at the Morrison Busty pit at Annfield Plain just before it was closed
Miners Ron Oates (left) and Joe Olley hand in their lamps for the last time as Dawdon Colliery ceases to operate in July 1991. Ron had worked at the pit for 35 years, Joe 30
Retired pitmen leaving the colliery for the last time, November 1946
Adding another to the collection of old and new miners lamps which is being made for educational purposes at Armstrong college, Newcastle
Three of the 55 miners who retired from the Betty and Ann pits have their lamps checked for the last time in September 1946. Between them they had over 200 years of mining experience
Their lamps are checked by safety man James Harrison then they are frisked for inflammable materials before going down the Busty Pit at Craghead
Miners drawing their lamps for the last shift which will be worked as the Dunston Garsfield colliery, which has been condemned by the NCB as uneconomic
The wonderful array of miners lamps, collected in Armstrong College, Newcastle. The earliest, The Davy and Stephenson lamps, are seen on the left, and each lamp along the line shows an improvement
A gold cigar lighter, a replica of a miners safety lamp, to be presented to the Prince of Wales when he opens the new Mining Department of Armstrong College, Newcastle. 10th May 1929
Geordie miners at Houghton Spring Pit, 1893
Children throwing bricks at new-type street lamp shades, which will not break. Tony Robson (12) and Michael Knox of Wallsend testing anti-splinter lamps 1949 022033/1
Ashington mothers who went down the pit to see conditions for themselves are shown here in the trainees gallery with two trainees and their pony
Coal Miners of Guyderbottom pit one of the smallest in the country seen here traveling from the coal face via the small gauge railway
