The Last Miners

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The Last Miners

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Күн бұрын

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@chrisackerley1842 7 ай бұрын

A well-done documentary. Thank you. You caught my attention and kept it by providing an unbiased look into the lives of men whose gender and social class has rendersed them invisible in the eyes of modern media.

@user-nj4no9py6p 2 ай бұрын

Уважение мужчинам.

@andrewwordsworth8974 Ай бұрын

Both my grandads worked down the pit, Manvers main, Denaby main among others. Both my grandads are long gone now. Thanks to all these men in this documentary for letting us in. Thanks for showing me how my grandads worked. I appreciate you all and wish you and your families all the very best.

@russ6362 7 ай бұрын

I’m an ex miner and when the pits closed I left to go to Uni. A couple of guys I worked with moved to this pit under private ownership. Being a miner was the best job I’ve ever had due to the comradeship.

@azambresonia5056 7 ай бұрын

@russ : direktly went in my mind. "because of the comradeship" Greetings from Hamburg Germany

@user-gm6lc7py5x 7 ай бұрын

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Aye it's a sad fact our coal mining industry is all but gone ⚒️

@BestUserNameUK 2 ай бұрын

I was a fitter at Agecroft (North Western Region).. Now a mental health nurse.

@IhateMexicoPooping 2 ай бұрын

Our school houses in kelty are named after our coal mines Aitken Blairinbathie Lindsay Mary

@Welato30 7 ай бұрын

I think these people are heroes because they do the hardest job in the world to take care of their families.

@-FreeMiner- 5 ай бұрын

Beat job in world

@ZulkifliJamil4033-x6s 2 ай бұрын

These miners had done their best to bring up their family members plus contributions to the country and community.

@staceyd7986 6 ай бұрын

Brought a tear to my eye! Many of my ancestors were miners in various Nottinghamshire pits ❤️ hope everyone in this doc is happy and healthy 8 years later!

@julieannlivesey5270 28 күн бұрын

What a brilliant documentary about real people, real lives. As the proud granddaughter of 2 miners and several uncles too who spent all their working lives down the pit I am in awe of the men in this documentary who kept the electricity and coal fires burning for all those years, thank you! I hope they and their families moved on and have a good life now. 🤗🌷🌻🌷

@LizzyFerretOfficial 7 ай бұрын

I remember when this was on the BBC at the time and feeling so sad for this band of brothers, loosing their way of life. I wonder how the chaps got on and where they are now some 8 years later 🤔

@SOFISINTOWN 7 ай бұрын

Britain will regret giving up on the coal industry.

@MisterKatz 7 ай бұрын

Our planet will regret it if we carry on like this.

@idhatemet00 7 ай бұрын

@@MisterKatz tell that to china, vietnam, taiwan, india, etc. i suppose you think recycling is good for the planet too, eh? solar? do you know how much e waste modern electronics produce? why don't you support banning those? oh, because it's inconvenient for you you say? .....

@byteme9718 2 ай бұрын

The coal is still there.

@Kingsgardful 6 ай бұрын

Great movie...I'm an ex miner in Ruhrgebiet and coal-mining were and is my life❤. Best job and great buddies

@Britcherbrianjr 5 ай бұрын

Best documentary I think I’ve ever seen. What a relationship these men have. I can’t stop thinking about how damn old you British age though my god. 54 looking 70

@lisacunningham5786 6 ай бұрын

My dad was a miner from Wigan. He loved that job. So proud to be a miners daughter ❤️

@BestUserNameUK 2 ай бұрын

I worked at Agecroft.

@lisacunningham5786 2 ай бұрын

@@BestUserNameUK my dad roy was also a fitter at Agecroft 🫶

@greglinder286 7 ай бұрын

Fascinating story but sad in many ways

@rebeccahale4673 4 ай бұрын

One of the best documentaries I've ever seen....thx.

@benchippy8039 3 ай бұрын

Breaks my heart to see this. All those generations of struggling and toiling, the history of the communities and now it’s all gone in favour of cheaper imports.

@howlinwulf 22 күн бұрын

Heroes all. Thanks men you made all the difference in our world.

@suebowman7258 7 ай бұрын

Awesome history/documentary! Thank you!

@azambresonia5056 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. Very interesting. Respect for all those "MEN"

@austint7533 7 ай бұрын

I think they could go to surface mining and get familiar with the job rather quickly but I definitely feel for them. That must fuckin suck.

@FraserCheyne 6 ай бұрын

I can understand this and I'd love to have been a miner. I've worked with my best mate for 30 years as a chef. It's a friendship beyond normal and if thevwork shut we'd be absolutely lost and devastated

@skitzochik 3 ай бұрын

Miners in the States always gripe about it being the WORST JOB they've ever had and they're all mean grumpy fuckers. So it was endearing to see this group of fellas who loved their jobs and they love each other too.

@F1ght1ngIrish- 5 күн бұрын

I call BS on that all the miners I’ve met loved that job

@skitzochik 5 күн бұрын

@@F1ght1ngIrish- then you know something I don't.

@F1ght1ngIrish- 5 күн бұрын

@@skitzochikplus miners in the states have way rougher working conditions then these guys in the documentary miners in the states can’t even stand up all the way when they are down there and have to crawl around on their hands and knees just to move around mind you they are doing that for like 12 hours.

@skitzochik 4 күн бұрын

@@F1ght1ngIrish- holy shit that would make me grumpy too, I didn't know that. I guess those factors alone would explain everything. Thank you Sir, I appreciate you. I learned something new today.

@vincetoo6870 7 ай бұрын

I really love the way you guys cover the documents.ill always be your fun❤❤❤

@lifeisshort89dg Ай бұрын

I remember seeing this in about 2016 in 2015 the last mine closed before Xmas.

@chriscars3578 5 ай бұрын

I am a ex notts miner and I was on strike. It was the best job I ever had till the strike. Then hatted it after the strike working with udm scabs they were getting overtime and we was punished for being on strike. But it came back to bite them when thatcher started closing Notts pits. And Pete is 100% right should have been fighting to keep it open

@project182r3 4 ай бұрын

Didn’t come back to bite them though😂 - the Notts lads had the last pits going 😂. In the villages around me when the pits did close in Notts the lads were so wealthy on their packages they’ve all been retired 30 years. Economically the industry was always gonna be closed down by the green sectors of government, the strikers just accelerated the process,and we’re already regretting the day.

@byteme9718 2 ай бұрын

All these years later and you still can't see the reality. Just how did striking achieve anything?

@project182r3 4 ай бұрын

RIP Sheldon

@BobLeeSwagger910 Ай бұрын

Is he dead? 😢

@elizabethkent9647 3 ай бұрын

Fabulous documentary. I loved the commaraderie among the lads. Change sucks!

@alexandramacleod5610 2 ай бұрын

has me CRYING BUDDY HUGGING ALOL HIS MATES'

@tonygrant4607 10 күн бұрын

I agree, whilst Labour closed more mines, Thacher closed then out of spite, I was pleased she lost marbles, still do to this day.

@nick_ddr 7 ай бұрын

nice and sad to see sadly, Is al the equipment and machinerie still there?

@FruitMuff1n Ай бұрын

1) This was a great documentary 2) While it is sad for the individuals who no longer will have this job that means so much to them...is it really that bad of a thing we're no longer burning coal? I don't think so.

@FruitMuff1n Ай бұрын

I really hope Kev landed on his feet OK -- the amount of care he had for the people working for him is honestly inspiring.

@brendanmeadors3099 7 ай бұрын

Good on ya fellas

@Hush505.4 7 ай бұрын

Amazing

@ostritch5519 7 ай бұрын

Sheldon will be swinging from rafters 😂 good northern humour in hard times

@swynty5767 7 ай бұрын

Closing the coal to buy power from Russia made from coal

@Geoplanetjane 7 ай бұрын

Really? What about wind machines?

@sicks6six 7 ай бұрын

haha, wind produces next to nothing, and when it's not windy it produces nothing, could you only use your washing machine when it is windy, remember you can't store electricity, you have to make it when it is needed, UK coal was the cheapest deep-mined coal in the world but we buy electricity from Russia made from Russian coal, do you know why, its about removing power for the working classes and nothing else, it actually costs the UK more to import than to mine its own coal@@Geoplanetjane

@joecummings1260 7 ай бұрын

@@Geoplanetjanethose things put out very little power, the capacity Factor sucks

@lownsbrough22 7 ай бұрын

The power station which this pit use to supply the coal too is now burning biomass (wood chips) but the whole process off getting the stuff there from USA/Canada and burning it is actually more worse for the environment than the coal use to be 🤷‍♂️ bonkers

@alexandramacleod5610 2 ай бұрын

tough Men CRYING SHOWING THEIR loVE 4 EACH OTHER,

@scotabot7826 4 ай бұрын

Four Million Dollars in coal is only several 100 car unit train loads. It's a good doc, I just hate it when the show tries to pump in extra, and unwarranted drama.

@popsasylumbukkshitshamen3583 7 ай бұрын

I personally think the coal mines should continue for now.

@Bgo909 7 ай бұрын

There’s no mistaking who real men are, it’s these guys! Imagine all the noise, dust, and danger. No way in hell I could be down there. But I will say one thing, my chewing tobacco is far from effeminate! And I’ve never washed another man’s back either. U big puff.

@carrot5610 4 ай бұрын

I moved out to Australia once I graduated as a mining engineer, I would have loved to have been able to work in the UK instead but theres just not enough mines and theres better prospects out here..

@ShermanT.Potter 4 ай бұрын

50:58, then she needs to get off her arse and work. This is the modern age with modern household appliances. Unless you homeschool or have 5+ kids, both parents should work.

@Jurornumber5 7 ай бұрын

Them UK boys enjoying those showers entirely too much. 🚿I hope the cameraman got a bonus for having to go in there that day, or every day. Then again, he's probably British and enjoyed himself.

@project182r3 4 ай бұрын

Your mums enjoyed lots of UK boys

@alexandramacleod5610 2 ай бұрын

U had to have Big BALLS to even consider being a Miner let alone B 1.

@gymrat9072 7 ай бұрын

I wonder what they’re wages where.

@michaelwadsworth8595 5 ай бұрын

Sheldon griffiths ever do any manual work ..??

@CharlesTimothy-en7to Ай бұрын

I think ,no I know it’s wrong to shut our pits. Lack of any thought from our politicians.

@markbeale7390 2 ай бұрын

? DId kellingley have a pipe band?

@michaelwadsworth8595 6 ай бұрын

Sheldond were a deputy whos never done a manual days work in his life ffs ..man hes a joke

@evangiles4403 3 ай бұрын

So does England have any open cut mines

@minemineraladdicts5742 23 күн бұрын

Still has a few underground coal mines. This video title is fake news

@mnpd3 7 ай бұрын

Damn, how long do the Brits have to work before they retire? How do you lose a job after 35 or even 45 years only to have to look for another one?

@ceciliahayward2239 7 ай бұрын

Currently state pension starts at 66, will soon rise to 67 then 68, for men and women. You can,t live on state pension so many of us carry on as long as we can. Its currently difficult to make a decent living doing manuel work, not sure about mining though, i work in agriculture.

@idhatemet00 7 ай бұрын

sheldon could've retired, some people prefer to keep busy as to not shrivel up and die by 65. he looked older but in this film they said he was 50 or so

@stigsimo 3 ай бұрын

loosing jobs, but the owners earns millions

@dgod62 4 ай бұрын

decent hardworking people cast aside and thrown out with rubbish. not right, really felt for them.

@user-ml4gf5eq5i 7 ай бұрын

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@Zuraimaruj 7 ай бұрын

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@user-qu5gi7ls5m 6 ай бұрын

👍

@gradyrm237 7 ай бұрын

I'm confused and American. Union workers are well paid here. I believe these guys are too? 65 years old and needing a job? Help me understnd.

@joelmonkley6177 7 ай бұрын

When was this doco made. are all the pits closed i know they open cast mine coal in the uk

@stevent9179 3 ай бұрын

Suicide of the West ☠

@michaelmccormack2460 7 ай бұрын

Go for a tree change immigrate to Australia heaps of minds around Chin up think positive

@iiadamastam 7 ай бұрын

من فضلكم ترجمو لنا الصوت باللغة العربية العريقة

@falloutprojekt 7 ай бұрын

English is easy language

@ciararespect4296 7 ай бұрын

Northern soul is such an oxymoron 😂

@Sultan-r8h 7 ай бұрын

Can l translate it into Maya's language? Please.

@roaddog6201 7 ай бұрын

Still a miner 😂 we have plenty mines left I do real mining tho coal is for dumb miners

@Wayne55231 6 ай бұрын

wtf are you on about?

@roaddog6201 6 ай бұрын

@janomacky6292 there are plenty of mines left to go to. Idk what this is going on o the last miners going to pack up their bags and the trade is lost. Lol it happens all the time after the mine you like shuts down. You are known as a tramp miner they are the ones who go from town to town looking for a place to call home. The difference between hard rock miners "real miners" and coal miners/salt miners, is we use explosives. They use a continuous mining machine. Then you have surface miners who well they stay up top for a reason.