Life at work
Image 1: Late 19th century photograph of some Durham miners.
Image 2: Photograph showing a group of Durham miners, including boys, with a pit pony.
Image 3: Extract from the evidence of John Otterson to the Royal Commission into the Employment of Children in Mines, 1842.
Image 4. Extract from the evidence of William Laws to the Royal Commission into the Employment of Children in Mines, 1842.
Image 5. Images showing a design of a safety suit designed to penetrate dangerous gases. Taken from T Y Hall, A Treatise on the Extent and Probable Duration of the Northern Coalfield, 1854.
Image 6. Examples of injuries sustained in one North Eastern colliery. Taken from the report of the Royal Commission into the Employment of Children in Mines, 1842.
