© Licensed to London News Pictures. <br /> 10/07/2014. <br /> <br /> Durham, United Kingdom<br /> <br /> Colliery brass bands play with thousands of spectators lining the procession during Durham miners gala.<br /> <br /> The Gala, or Durham Big Meet as it is known locally began in 1871 and today many hundreds of people still meet up in the market place of the city which is the start of the parade. <br /> <br /> The colliery brass bands and banners are followed by those with allegiance to those former colliery villages and they march from there to the cities Racecourse. As they pass the County Hotel on Old Elvet they walk past union leaders, invited guests and local dignitaries who greet the march from the hotel balcony.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : Ian Forsyth/LNP
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