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Lumley Lodge banner
| Category | Labour |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1929: first banner with the Isaiah images. 1960: second banner. 2005: third banner. 27 April 2019: paraded at the Stadium of Light. |
The banner of the Lumley miners' lodge, Durham Miners' Association, made three times, in 1929, 1960 and 2005, each time with the Lion and the Lamb and the beating of swords into ploughshares from Isaiah: the only wholly biblical banners in the Durham coalfield. It was paraded round the Stadium of Light in 2019.
The mining history in this record
Each colliery lodge of the Durham Miners' Association carried its own banner, bearing the colliery's name with religious or political images and mottoes, and Christian themes with a socialist resonance were common. Lumley's lodge chose the same pair of images from the Book of Isaiah three times over, on its banners of 1929, 1960 and 2005: on one side the Lion lying down with the Lamb, on the other swords being beaten into ploughshares. They are the only banners in the Durham coalfield given over wholly to biblical scenes.
On 27 April 2019 Sunderland AFC dedicated its home match against Portsmouth to the Durham Miners' Association, and the banners of ten former lodges were paraded round the pitch at the Stadium of Light before kick-off, Lumley's among them, with music from the Association's colliery band.
People
Unknown.
Legacy today
The 2005 banner keeps the Lumley lodge's imagery in use at Durham Miners' Association events, as at the Stadium of Light in 2019.
Recorded claims
Individual factual claims, each tagged with how solidly it's grounded and attached to the source(s) that support it. Where sources disagree, both are kept.
- Three successive Lumley Lodge banners, of 1929, 1960 and 2005, have shown the Lion and the Lamb and the turning of swords into ploughshares from the Book of Isaiah, one on each side. (documented fact) 1
- The Lumley banners are the only wholly biblical banners in the Durham coalfield. (documented fact) 1
- On 27 April 2019 Lumley was one of ten former Durham Miners' Association lodges whose banners were paraded round the Stadium of Light before Sunderland played Portsmouth. (contemporary account) 2
Mines
- Lumley Colliery — County Durham
The banner of the Lumley miners' lodge of the Durham Miners' Association, made three times over, in 1929, 1960 and 2005.
Sources
- (secondary) Durham Miners' Gala — Wikipedia
- (secondary) In pictures: Sunderland pays tribute to Durham Miners' Association as banners fill Stadium of Light with colour — Sunderland Echo
Record created: 3 October 2026 · Last researched: 4 October 2026