r reat mark
you were saying you can recall patterson hcp lamps still in use in the mid 50s i have a stuning postcard in my collection from around this time , showing a working lamp room up er in the northeast , the lamp racks are full of patterson HCP lamps but wot really makes this postcard stand owt is theres a table full of baby patterson officials lamps , if you wont i can scan the post card for you and email it to you if you wish or should any body else like a copy please ask its no problem
regards
anthony

The point that I was trying to make when mentioning Patterson HCPs being used by some miners whilst others were using cap lamps was to try and show that the introduction of electric lamps did not do away with the use of flame safety lamps and I gave examples of some of the uses of them.

The illustration that I gave of them being used by hewers and fillere was in the Main Coal seam at Lambton D Colliery where there were 'bord and pillar' workings These were fairly close to the River Wear and were a fairly long travelling distance from the shaft. If you were using a cap lamp you had to be careful that you did not shine the lamp in the faces of those using the flame lamps. This was particularly so if you were travelling 'inbye' and the men were tavelling 'outbye' or vice-versa. I would guess that this practice continued for some years after I left the colliery.

Why don't you post the photo on the forum Anthony?