The Elvet Bridge is packed with particpants and onlookers at the 2008 Durham Miners' Gala. The Harraton Lodge Banner can be seen here.
The very first Gala day of the Durham Miners' Mutual Confident Association was held on 12th August 1872. The mines of the Durham coalfield have now closed but the traditons of the Miners' Gala live on.
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