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00:26 In the love of the family and the friends who strive to preserve their names, their stories and their memories
00:36 of those who laid down their life for their friends, those who risked their lives to keep others safe and warm.
00:44 And those memories will live on for future generations.
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01:13 This is an aspirator for filling your lamp through that port with any mine here at the present, you know, gas or anything like that.
01:25 And these two items, one is for the exploder battery and this one is for putting the detonator in the pan.
01:42 That light continues to shine on with the monuments erected in the village.
01:48 And that light as we know is a davy lamp inscribed with the name of those who died in '93,
01:53 as well as the other 74 people who lost their lives in mining accidents both below and above the ground over the 70 years of the pits working.
02:06 Over these years, let's remember that that light of love, camaraderie and friendship has kept burning.
02:15 And we are here today keeping that burning.
02:18 And I think I was particularly struck by that image that we heard about of your dad, David Shelton,
02:25 shining his miners light in the darkness to bring hope to his friends.
02:32 And I think we've also heard and we've just seen there in that presentation, these acts of kindness and camaraderie,
02:39 the efforts of those colleagues who have continued to keep their memory alive.
02:45 Those who first started and who now volunteer at the Bill's Thorpe Heritage Museum
02:51 with its life-size statue of a Nottinghamshire miner erected by public subscription to mark the pit disaster in '93
02:59 and serving now as the gate guardian to the museum.
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