Miner's lamp Piccadilly
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Miner's lamp Piccadilly
Image: © Steve Fareham Taken: 17 Sep 2009
The wall is built of bricks each of which has been bought by the families of miners who worked at nearby Dexter and Kingsbury Collieries. The miner’s lamp will light up and stay lit as an everlasting flame to commemorate those who have died and those who remember working down the mines.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.579882
Longitude
-1.665846