Collecting, preserving and sharing the history of miners’ lamps
An A-H-G gas tester with its key, a Richard Johnson, Clapham & Morris lamp in Tamworth, a Naylor bi-fold and a wartime ARP lamp.
Read more about Market Watch, 31 October 2026: a gas tester, two Wigan lamps and an ARP blue glass →The featured image shows four Hailwood and Ackroyd lamps, or, pre-1926, Ackroyd and Best lamps. The company apparently hired out hundreds, if not thousands, of workmen’s lamps, prior to 1936. This was…
Read more about Hailwood & Ackroyd coloured-glass lamps →I only started collecting lamps in October this year (2021). The first lamp I purchased, on 11 October 2021, was a Wolf flame safety lamp 7RMBS from the UK. The 7RMBS was…
Read more about Gazza’s collection: the first three months →“A safety lamp only works if it’s used.”
