A new exhibition is exploring loss and changing landscapes following the demise of the mining industry. Going Back Brockens: Monuments and Rhetoric After the Miners' Strike is a three-part display of ...

The countdown is on for the arrival of the Durham Miners Gala - and lots more scenes like these. These 15 archive photos show the lodges on the march including Wearmouth in Sunderland, Harton, Westoe, ...

Once a year British miners throng into the medieval town of Durham (pop. 16,000) in northeastern England for what they call the “Miners’ Gala” (pronounced gayler). Last week nearly half a million ...

Banners were a powerful tool to get communities messages across during hard times Since 1871, the Durham Miners' Gala has seen the streets of a city in north-east England transformed with displays of ...

Mining banners formed a guard of honour to welcome the funeral procession of a "warm and devoted" man credited with saving Durham's Big Meeting in the 1980s. MPs past and present, councillors, trade ...