In the 19th century mining was a very dangerous business: miners had only basic tools and ... hot enough to ignite the gas. His prototype lamp is shown above. The new safety lamp was immediately ...

Little miner's lamp handmade from a spent cartridge shell. Made and used by my cousin Ernest Jones when, as a World War 2 prisoner of war, he was forced to work in the copper mines at Helmstedt ...

A miner's safety lamp is placed on the tree to mark the 40th anniversary of the miners' strike. Forty hand-painted miners' banners go on show at Durham Cathedral from 22 October until 7 November.