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* Children as young as 6 worked in the mines
* They would work in complete darkness
* They wouldn't see the sun at all for months
* The Big Pit is a Welsh national coal museum
* It used to be a coal mine
* It was designated to be a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000
Where is The Big Pit?
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* Miners used to use candles, but they were likely to start explosions if gas leaked
* Inventors came up with many designs to make them less dangerous
* These designs saved lives, but severely limited the amount of light
If you would like to visit the museum yourself, you'd have to leave all contraband on the surface.
What do you think counts as contraband?
* Miners had strong bonds with each other
* They were incredibly poor
* They looked out for each other in the dangerous conditions