Made In Eccles and Protecting The Olympic Flame
The problem is how do you transport an Olympic flame from Greece to the UK.
The answer is you use a version of the Davy lamp, developed by Sir Humphry Davy and others in the first two decades of the nineteenth century.
A Miners Safety Lamp Made in Eccles
All proper Davy lamps are made in Eccles and my version in the picture is an earlier version of that used for the Olympics. They use a modified version of the 6S lamp. Mine is a version 6 and it was bought in a junk shop in Liverpool.
If you want to find out more about the lamp used, there’s a lot of information here on the maker’s web site.
Sir Humphry must be laughing his socks off in his grave. Especially, as this year’s Olympic Torch Relay will start in Cornwall, the county of his birth.
The Anonymous Widower 
If they are made in Eccles, do they have currants in them?
Comment by liz | May 17, 2012 |
Are they gluten-free? They do have a version that runs on ghee for Hindu ceremonies.
Comment by AnonW | May 17, 2012 |
what stupid comments by ignorant people.
these lamps saved the lives of many miners.
i was proud to watch the olympic flame arrive in the UK in a davy lamp.
LONG LIVE THE MINING COMMUNITY, THE MINERS AND THEIR PRESENT DAY DESCENDANTS.
Comment by miners daughter | November 27, 2012 |