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Engraved Miners Lamps


Wearside Wanderer II said:
Club shop used to sell them years ago
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My dad was just turned 14yrs when he left school and started work shovelling coal at Easington Colliery.
40+ years later he retired and was given his pit lamp, and his two tokens (one to leave in the lamp room when miners were underground, and the other to keep on their person. They are among my most treasured possessions.
I would certainly buy one of these Sunderland ones if they became available.
 
Hello Georgeous said:
My dad was just turned 14yrs when he left school and started work shovelling coal at Easington Colliery.
40+ years later he retired and was given his pit lamp, and his two tokens (one to leave in the lamp room when miners were underground, and the other to keep on their person. They are among my most treasured possessions.
I would certainly buy one of these Sunderland ones if they became available.
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i'm exactly the same apart from my dad did his stint at horden.
 
Hello Georgeous said:
My dad was just turned 14yrs when he left school and started work shovelling coal at Easington Colliery.
40+ years later he retired and was given his pit lamp, and his two tokens (one to leave in the lamp room when miners were underground, and the other to keep on their person. They are among my most treasured possessions.
I would certainly buy one of these Sunderland ones if they became available.
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I'm 65 and still got my Grandas from Eppleton that he got in 1968.

I went down the pit once when I was 15 to see it, as it was an assumed and automatic job choice for Comp School kids from Hetton.

Came out saying I was never going back down there again.

I joined the Royal Navy instead, and when I told my Granda, he cried from happiness that I didn't have to go through what he had to do every day.

That lamp is an amazing thing that the club are doing, to help make the players aware of where this whole club ows its gratitude for its very existance.

I have never been prouder of our club than I am now.

🧡🧡🧡
 
Georgewhitt said:
I'm 65 and still got my Grandas from Eppleton that he got in 1968.

I went down the pit once when I was 15 to see it, as it was an assumed and automatic job choice for Comp School kids from Hetton.

Came out saying I was never going back down there again.

I joined the Royal Navy instead, and when I told my Granda, he cried from happiness that I didn't have to go through what he had to do every day.

That lamp is an amazing thing that the club are doing, to help make the players aware of where this whole club ows its gratitude for its very existance.

I have never been prouder of our club than I am now.

🧡🧡🧡
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My dad took me, my sister, and a school friend down Easington pit when we were a similar age to you.
Several miles out under the North Sea with water dripping from above, no toilets, no canteen - it was an eye opener alright.
We weren’t allowed use the showers afterwards, so tramped back home looking like refugees from the Black and White Minstrel Show. Yes, I’m that old!
 
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Hello Georgeous said:
My dad took me, my sister, and a school friend down Easington pit when we were a similar age to you.
Several miles out under the North Sea with water dripping from above, no toilets, no canteen - it was an eye opener alright.
We weren’t allowed use the showers afterwards, so tramped back home looking like refugees from the Black and White Minstrel Show. Yes, I’m that old!
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My Granda was as tough as old byuts. He never showed emotion.

When I told him I had joined the RN, he grabbed me, hugged me so tight I couldn't breathe, and properly cried tears of joy.

I will never forget that moment marra.

That's what I see every day when I see his lamp.
 
Nathan Gunn said:
What impresses me the most about this, is it's forcing players to understand a little bit about the history of Sunderland, the working class background and the people they represent when they wear the badge.

Every player will wonder what the significance of the lamps are, and it will lead to that little bit of understanding. And when granit Xhaka is looking back through his career, whilst this isn't a trophy or a medal (hopefully that's to come!) it's something that will always symbolise what playing for sunderland meant.

This sort of thing is what makes us different
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It also helps build the brand a bit doesn't it. If you're trying to be unique and different from other clubs - playing on that working class nature of the town is really important. fans/ players/ staff know exactly what the club is about and the values we have.
 
Nedved said:
This is the underlying success of the last few years, really. The on field stuff is huge, but is hollow without the relationship to the area and the fans, and I don't want to speak for all fans but I reckon the majority would echo your sentiment mate.
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Spot on marra.

The on field stuff is brilliant and makes us all feel great.

But the way they have made us all feel part of one great big family makes me so proud to be part of it.

I genuinely have never felt so wanted and appreciated by the club.
 
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