My Granddad worked in the mines with this Davy lamp nearly 40 years ago in Doncaster. He told me a story about what it was like to work down the mine in Doncaster with only this small lamp to see.

Learn more Dating back to at least 1815 — when Sir Humphry Davy introduced the Davy lamp, featuring an enclosed flame and a clip miners could attach to helmets or clothing — hands-free ...

Davy Lamps, pit tokens and old watches will go on show when an exhibition opens looking at Wearside’s mining history.

Ferryhill Town Council has revealed designs for a 4m-tall miner’s lamp sculpture to honor the town’s mining heritage - to be installed ...

This example of a Davy lamp is an early one manufactured by John Newman c.1817. Davy only began work on a coal miner's safety lamp in 1815. He devised a metal gauze around the flame to prevent ...