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Scrolling through Facebook, I saw a photo of an old 1920s miner’s hat lamp, which triggered memories from my 1972 caving adventures in the North Carolina mountains as part of ...
Jimmy Carter was memorably given an old miner’s lamp to mark the American president’s visit to the region in 1977. Article continues below. A lantern parade was held in Heaton Park, ...
Q: I have an old miner's lamp, about 10 inches tall. The top part is metal, the lower part brass. It has a badge on it which says Thomas and… ...
The Repair Shop viewers were left 'blubbing' at the emotional story behind an antique Davy lamp that saved a man's life during a mine collapse.. Customer Rita explained her miner grandfather ...
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 ...
Getty Images In the midst of Britain's vintage boom, people's vintage possessions go far beyond the traditional fine wine (5%). They extend to books (39%), musical memorabilia (33%) and furniture ...
A mini Miners’ Gala is bringing a taste of Old King Coal to a North East museum. Banner parades and brass bands are helping celebrate the region’s proud mining heritage at Beamish Museum’s ...