Two-part documentary following the workers at Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire, the last deep coal mine in Britain, as it prepares to close
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@philglover29734 жыл бұрын
This is a sad video for me as an ex miner I cried all through this video has a miner of 25 years God bless lads 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@thederbyshiregarage73684 жыл бұрын
@Dr Wolfgang Chausser Im a spark, and im only 22 and feel robbed of a career & continuing what my family did for so many years.
@thomassbulivan63523 жыл бұрын
Gayy
@bespoke5003 жыл бұрын
@@thomassbulivan6352 clearly not a clue on history an coal You prick !
@pairojeans3 жыл бұрын
@@thomassbulivan6352 are you referring to yourself?
@KlineDeere2 жыл бұрын
Any government that can start and end your lifestyle is far to fucking powerful
@graemelake6573 жыл бұрын
I had 10 years in mining. Loved it but it was hard work. The decimation of whole communities after closure should never be forgotten.
@tophat21153 жыл бұрын
there is a need for government to step in an retrain miners and pay them while they're retraining into something else
@joesmith87012 жыл бұрын
as a 31 year old southen fairy obviously ive never been down a pit but i was when i look back on it doing a very hard grim site for 18 months dispite all the hardships i loved it i even forgot about just how grim it was but the team were like a family the firm we worked for looked after us to the point its was like having a strong union i need to get me drinking under control and ill go back to them i just can not risk burning that brige right now
@bradenestes83344 жыл бұрын
I work underground her in Eastern Kentucky. It breaks my heart for those men. Coal mining is in our blood. I come from generations of coal mining. I guess I'd be a 3rd gen coal miner. My gramp started underground hand loading at 17. Worked underground for 32 years. He pretty much got to work and change with the mines. He started when there was no machinery all the way up to when they had it and started bringing it underground. The stories is unreal, but hes also been covered up twice. Legs broke, ribs broke, both arms broke, etc. I've been covered up once trapped for 5 hours in 15 foot coal. We was doing pillar work. If it wasn't for the cab on the shuttle car it would have killed me. But coal miners are they're own bread lol. It's one of the best jobs I've ever had plus the men I work with are all family and willing to die for you, save you, etc. Its a brother hood. All coal miners stick together no matter what country, place! God bless y'all!
@philglover29734 жыл бұрын
God bless you brother together we stand 🇬🇧🇺🇸
@Emily-pi5ef4 жыл бұрын
I went there today its a museum now and it was beautiful id love to thank these men for supplying our country. My grandfather was a miner in that mine before i was born, he didn't work last shift due to an injury but he still loved every moment
@726kingcoal5 жыл бұрын
I shed a few tears over this program. Once a coal miner always a coal miner . I’m proud to be a member of that brotherhood
@michaelrogowski74764 жыл бұрын
I remember as a teenager working down the deep mines in Yorkshire . Finished my training, on Nights first shift after completing my mining training. The lads, mainly coal face worker's gave me a nice welcome, snap break at 4am. Took my piece of bread off me chucked it on the ground, took my coffee and water from me. Dragged me along the ground and pushed over on the blindside of the stage loader. When I tried to stand and was shoved over again. The men grabbed at me, pulling my overalls off me. They had a laugh at my expense. The thought crossing my Mind because I was not much older than their own children. Is this how they would treat their own child ? I was only a teenager but they did not care about me, one of the Miners. Working down the deep mines earning a living. Teamwork, nice welcome back then.
@HarryBo6663 жыл бұрын
A sad report that makes me cry. I worked as a mining mechanic in German coal mining. Here, too, all mines are now closed. But ... coal mines will no longer exist (in Germany), but pride and honor will remain! I greet all of mates with a friendly 'Glück Auf!' (German miner's greeting)
@bendobbing92394 жыл бұрын
They’re relaunching the industry now, the first deep coal mine for 30 years is due to open in Cumbria.
@andrewh54573 жыл бұрын
Under a tory government,
@iraholden36063 жыл бұрын
@@andrewh5457 The labour party are also all conservatives
@MrSouzy3 жыл бұрын
wont last long because it goes agains the climate politics. By 2030 it will close again
@iraholden36063 жыл бұрын
@@MrSouzy yeah basically all that was lost was job security and camaraderie. You can have those things back if you organise to build a socialist society instead of believing everything the billionaire owned newspapers decide is the new scapegoat this week.
@project182r33 жыл бұрын
That’s for metallurgical coal - not the same industry
@UKAbandonedMineExplores3 жыл бұрын
We explore abandoned mines, never was an active miner, but this bought many tears to my eyes.
@jordaonb42616 жыл бұрын
My old man was a miner he still talks to this day about the great times he says he always says he spent more time underground than a potato and the Camaraderie between the other miners and the stories I’ve heard some sad some hilarious it destroyed the towns and villages and still to this day you can see the after effects it had and that last bit was heartbreaking they weren’t just losing there jobs it’s like they where losing apart of themselves really do think if your not from in and around the old pit villiages and towns and the people the areas you could never really understand the working class mentally and what closing a industry it did to family’s split them and some to this day don’t talk and the effect on the local economy great to see they could move on with there lives in new jobs but like sheldon said he will always be a miner 👍🏼
@pairojeans3 жыл бұрын
These are people are genuinely admire as heroes to me. I was born and raised in the north east of England. Mining was I wanted to do but leaving school in 1988 margret thatcher had butchered mining, steel making and ship building and railways. I never got to be miner instead I had to leave the north east to find work and I am now in the merchant navy so connected ship building. My best wished and hopes go to every last man in Kellingley and all the other pits maggie butchered.
@joesmith87012 жыл бұрын
merchant navy that sounds like a dream to me hard manual labour yet ur travling the world
@pairojeans2 жыл бұрын
@@joesmith8701 your right it was a dream job but it has changed a lot first restrictions after 9/11 and then covid restrictions. As it happens I ended up in the at sea by chance after having some other opportunities. But I started as merchant seaman which still has a lot manual labour so it's not all luxury travel, unless to work your way up to be captain or chief 😀 engineer.
@drrd4127 Жыл бұрын
My family were coal minors in my town for 400 years, my town is literally 400 years old. 😅😂😅 My dad was not a coal miner, he turned 20 in 1989 and he became a carpenter.
@BestUserNameUK5 жыл бұрын
A very important documentary of an industry that no longer exists. Thanks to whoever had the foresight to make it and to the uploader👍🏻
@jamesbird50076 жыл бұрын
Such a shame to see such a proud industry bought to a close. Top blokes through and through, very glad to see Jack found work in the end. Comes across as a very wise head on young shoulders. All the best in your future careers!!
@fedyno4reviews Жыл бұрын
We still burn coal it never should have happened.
@cocochocs31264 жыл бұрын
Cried at loads of parts of this !😪 especially were the lad went outside after talking about him mam Real men you couldn’t break them
@StokieDave Жыл бұрын
My grandad was a proud Irish miner who came over just after WW2. He worked in that many pits even he couldn't name them. The stories he could tell, but he always said no matter where you went the mining comunity always stayed togethor across the country. To see this again is heart breaking. I remember seeing it origionally and totally feeling for these guys as I did for my grandad when he was forced to leave. Then they brought out the open cast mining systems but by then the cards were pretty much stamped on the end as most is imported.
@thomasdonald32912 жыл бұрын
Was speaking to an ex miner of Kellingley this weekend at the yorkshire mining museum, they used to sell coal at 70 per ton to the power stations and still turn a profit, they are now buying it from abroad for 800 a ton
@Roscoe.P.Coldchain2 жыл бұрын
I’m sure with the energy crisis the government now realize they were wrong..Never rely on other countries to provide energy as we are seeing it doesn’t work
@MickH745 жыл бұрын
Respect to all miners
@diabolicalartificer Жыл бұрын
I'm an environmentalist but think the closure of this pit, & others in the UK a very short sighted decision. As one of the minors said in part 1 - " why us? ...... China & Germany are still mining coal" which is a fair point, especially when you take into account the events that have occurred after this was filmed ( I write in 2023). I'd like to add my sincere best wishes to all the men & their families. This is a very well done documentary, thanks for uploading & sharing.
@angliscsaxon12883 жыл бұрын
Here in the blackcountry we're sitting on a 30 foot thick coking coal seam known as " the Staffordshire thick" just waiting to be mined. Our last coal mine shut in 1968 (Baggeridge colliery) the one before that shut in 1965 (Hampstead colliery) we also have New hawne colliery which has been left untouched since it closed in 1920, it frustrates and baffles me as to why we aren't making use of our readily available natural resources rather than importing cheap highly polluting shit from abroad. I'd be first in the queue for a job down a coal mine
@colinprunty89573 жыл бұрын
Having worked with a few ex miners in my working life can categorically say they seem to be very good at adapting to new careers. They had to be on time each day as once the train leaves for the coal seam that’s it so and they have to follow so many guidelines and safety aspects they always see a job out. No surprises they all seem to have found gainful employment after the pit closed.
@spitfire4514 жыл бұрын
Absolutely heartbreaking..... This country is a bloody disgrace. Hard, strong and dedicated professionals. I know in my lifetime this closing of the mines will bite us right on the ass...... Thank you one and all...... Yet another industry consigned to the history books.....
@Trek001 Жыл бұрын
Its amazing how much stuff was left down there - could easily have kept some of the miners on to take apart the gear and hoist it up for storage just in case
@BestUserNameUK6 ай бұрын
Cheaper to leave it in situ' than salvage.
@Nickgowans Жыл бұрын
"this country isn't ready to take up this gap in the energy market" I don't think he could have hit the nail on the head any harder
@miathemalinoisgsdx13202 жыл бұрын
I started work at Bolsover 1980 age 17, It closed in 93. I spent the next 7 years as a welder/fabricator/steel erector and the following 22 years as a CAD draughtsman but I still consider myself a coal miner.
@davidbrown64154 жыл бұрын
One day we'll have reopen the Pits. There's still millions of tons down there. Trouble is, there'll be no Miners left to go down and get it :(
@bendobbing92394 жыл бұрын
The first deep coal mine in 30 years is opening in Cumbria, Woodhouse colliery. It’s a bit like the shipyards, personally like you, I think they will reopen them on a mass scale.
@thomashargreaves70203 жыл бұрын
@@bendobbing9239 bloody hopefuly
@jamiejosh963 жыл бұрын
We defiantly won’t, haven’t heard of climate change?
@davidbrown64153 жыл бұрын
@@jamiejosh96 pick your lip up lad
@AngloSaxon4494 жыл бұрын
I hope they find work at the new woodhouse colliery in west Cumbria
@johnwilson88253 жыл бұрын
I worked at this pit kellingley for 20yrs my dad after leaving haig pit for 34 yrs..i am a parton lad who lives in knottingley 53 yrs..so sad this video...had some great times there..bloody hard...
@aaronnash9975 жыл бұрын
Such an important documentary. This industry should have been protected and then progressively phased out as Britain moved away from coal. Instead the rich 1% exploited foreign coal for their own huge profits creating an inequality society which has left us in economic ruins. What a shame policy makers cared more about the London financial sector than the UK economy and it's people. Failed again by politicians and look at our debt as a result of this indiscriminate murder of primary and secondary industry.
@nickmageebrown19815 жыл бұрын
EU and it's Immigrants fault..... After Brexit, it will start again!
@SGTmapleleaf3 жыл бұрын
Eco-Friendliness?
@aaronnash9973 жыл бұрын
@@SGTmapleleaf coal should have been phased out, with power stations only allowed to buy coal mined in the UK. Thus making the use of it more expensive for companies and therefore incentivising its replacement whilst also supporting jobs and allowing a gradual transition out of an industry that propped up areas of the north and Midlands.
@szymongorczynski76212 жыл бұрын
@@nickmageebrown1981 Where's your great Brexit prosperity now? Fool
@KlineDeere2 жыл бұрын
I wish Britain was still like it was in the 40s and 50s they seemed free and indestructible in their works and people seemed happy and unique I could say the same about my home here in the USA
@joesmith87012 жыл бұрын
from what i understand usa had her best times in the 50s we had our best time in the 60s and what the united states is going through right now seems to be the horrers we went through in the late 70s early 80s the united states will get back on her feet agen just like we did
@KlineDeere2 жыл бұрын
@@joesmith8701we are related after all thanks for the explanation by the way I like hearing from others like you shared.
@edd48756 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this. Brilliant documentary
@martynrichardson15116 жыл бұрын
edd4875 welcome - I loaded the first episode up too but it got taken down for Copyright on some music.
@kaymorrice81412 жыл бұрын
@@martynrichardson1511 i have looked for Pt1 ... now I know what happened! Thanks a million for uploading this. I’ve watched it 3 times back to back. Brilliantly filmed. If you can get Pt.1 to me somehow then let me know
@JT-zl8yp10 ай бұрын
@@martynrichardson1511can you reupload the first part with the copyright music removed ?
@papabits57214 жыл бұрын
More characters underground than any other places on earth. I laughed so hard I would be sick .
@andrewh54573 жыл бұрын
On my first day underground, 1975, I saw a man having his hair cut, so many characters.
@BlueSkiesAbove393 жыл бұрын
@@andrewh5457 A man having his hair cut? Wow you guys really were crazy!
@joemcnamara62302 жыл бұрын
I doubt there are many industries these days, where the idea of watching out for, or protecting your fellow co-worker, is important. You can tell that it is just part of the job. I admire that sense of responsibility to others.
@StokieDave Жыл бұрын
My grandad used to say that no matter what every body had each others back. You could fall out with a bloke one minute and the next that same bloke would pull you back if he saw something about to happen. Family underground and family over ground.
@jonny3767able3 жыл бұрын
To see hard working grown men cry is heartbreaking, i was filling up watching it. Spliting up a working family and communities, maggie thatcher got a lot to answer for.
@mickbrown58084 жыл бұрын
I worked in mining 32 years did some time at big k all top lads . It’s 5 years since I left the industry sad video but life does move on
@nickjervis81233 жыл бұрын
Lads every one of you lives in my heart and soul. Whether you believe or not: God Bless and keep all of you.
@Luke-er6pg8 ай бұрын
These men are real heroes!!!!!
@jacobhaussmann90 Жыл бұрын
7 years ago Hope their all doing well.
@rickydowning21945 жыл бұрын
Scargill was right, who would of thought that in just 31 years every last coal mine in the uk would be closed. I’m fully behind eco friendly environment etc, but while we’re still burning coal then why not mine it from the uk! 🇬🇧
@christinespencer4065 жыл бұрын
I finished at Ellington combine the big E 1994 my heart dropped 24 years a working miner shut he pits but I'm still a miner some people know me as the last coal miner at Dinnington village Newcastle upon Tyne a proud and sad thing to be tagged with been the last in generations in mining 💀😢👊
@andrewbriggs60832 жыл бұрын
I was part of all this as a Barnsley lad at Brodsworth, and also worked here, this brings it all back. Crying, sorry guys. See ya you next time.
@MrSouzy4 жыл бұрын
They didnt do enough for these guys when the last shift finished. Really a government representative should have been there and they should have had a type of celebration when they came up. I am an English guy who lives in Germany and and they recently closed their last pit here too. That was sad too. But when the guys came up the brass band was playing and they made a big thing of it.. Here they came up and had to face a barrage of photographers.
@eric-vu1jy4 жыл бұрын
True. The vulture media wankers were there to get a peice of ‘the story’....
@CymruEmergencyResponder3 жыл бұрын
A government rep would have been lynched.
@MrSouzy3 жыл бұрын
@@CymruEmergencyResponder well the difference here was that all of the German miners had the opportunity to train for something new. Instead of being thrown on the scrap heap.
@pairojeans3 жыл бұрын
Yep in all cases since Thatcher and her tory w@nkers were in power every time a pit closed all the men were thrown on the scrapheap along with their families and communities. This also applies to steelworks and shipbuilding, and the railways too.
@limpet7r633 жыл бұрын
@@MrSouzy I read that in Germany, any miner under 40 got funding for retraining in a career of their choice, and anyone over 40 got their full pension paid early. Not a single miner found themselves with no options. Whatever the realities around the future of coal for generating power, the way things were done here, and the way that hard working people and their communities were treated was a disgrace.
@bespoke5003 жыл бұрын
Pure hard graft from These men! It’s just mad how all The stuff was left down the mines and the shafts blocked up 😦
@davehowe47144 жыл бұрын
30.37 is that Pete who was or still is a tour guide at the mining museum near Wakefield? He was a brilliant guide and really engaging. It was a pleasure to have him lead the tour. I miss talking to my granddad about his mining days.
@harri12342 жыл бұрын
Yes you are correct
@easytown5664 жыл бұрын
So sad. I’m from a colliery village which shut in 93. I was just lucky enough to see the village before the it was destroyed by the closure. Good luck lads
@benstevinson7642 жыл бұрын
Love ❤️ and Respect to These Miner's!!! ⛏️💪😎
@tracybeckett41076 жыл бұрын
Onsetter Darren Elseworth, (Ticker) was the last man out of Kellingley. The last man out of the last pit!
@CR-xr7xp2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this, good watch
@richardmorris88744 жыл бұрын
I had a drink with Sheldon down in Corydon 14 1 20 top man
@pjg666dog63 жыл бұрын
33 years underground, 2 years at the big k. Life does go on.
@googleuser25713 жыл бұрын
“It is a shame we couldn’t have the same level of interest when we were trying to keep the mines open as the same level of interest now the mines are closing…..We should have been fighting to keep the pits open rather than celebrating the pits shutting.” Quote of the entire clip, IMO.
@andyclark14262 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@matts22644 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know where i can see episode one?
@bobSCOTT994 жыл бұрын
32:08-32:20 that's bit really poignant seeing the mine for the very last time, RIP British coal mining industry. My late grandad was coal miner albeit not at Kellingley
@JT-zl8yp10 ай бұрын
feel like crying after watching this documentary....why the world has to be brutal ?
@stephenhunter703 жыл бұрын
It's not just the pit's that are adversely effected, it's the auxiliary support services such as the companies that provide and service the intrinsically safe lights etc. This reminds we of the time we refurb'd the lights for one of those long-wall's. After it was back up and running they did one cut and then closed the pit.
@danielmarshall45876 жыл бұрын
Great documentaryThank you
@reecefreeman15214 жыл бұрын
I work with Kev now he’s a sound bloke
@mcfrosty87393 жыл бұрын
how's he doing?
@pairojeans3 жыл бұрын
Awesome hope you and kev are safe and well.
@chris77777777ify5 жыл бұрын
Should make it a tourist attraction. Totally fascinating piece of human engineering
@patrickmcnaughton35324 жыл бұрын
Still burning coal but not mining it,fucking scandalous, know how to feel lads,ex miner fae Scotland 👍
@Madmax-iy8fi Жыл бұрын
What an absolute waste of an industry,shame on government.I feel for these hard working men
@eliotreader82203 жыл бұрын
what kind of coal came out of Kellingley Colliery was it House or steam coal and what happened to the last load of coal that came up? i understand that they saved a lump of coal that came from Kellingley
@campbellfraser75995 жыл бұрын
The young lad saying that he'd of worked there forever just goes to show theres still some decent grafting lads about in this generation.
@cocochocs31264 жыл бұрын
I cried when he went out after talking about his mums cancer
@liamshort17533 жыл бұрын
What gets me is they closed this pit down and a couple years later they decided to open another deep mine
@rollthetape882 жыл бұрын
The UK has more than 150 heritage rail companies covering 560 miles of track that runs between 460 stations. These lines play a big role in UK tourism today. They are worth about half a billion pounds a year to the national economy. Millions of tourists take trips on these lines every year. In addition the bigger heritage railways provide both employment and apprenticeship schemes. Many of the UK’s heritage rail companies say they are already having to cut services just as they prepare for the Platinum Jubliee 2022. UK coal for steam trains has now gone and our next supply source was to be Russia, which is now off the table for totally understandable reasons. Our coal stocks are running out fast and the search is on to find alternative sources from overseas. However, there is no obvious source for the right quality of coal that we require and prices are fluctuating all over the place.
@navigator100group25 жыл бұрын
I used to be an undermanager In North Staffordshire, I miss the crack but not the stress and pressure!
@daz46434 жыл бұрын
Which pit was that?
@williamneale49334 жыл бұрын
im the first bloke in my family to have not mined coal its heart breaking
@matts22645 жыл бұрын
No episode 1? Great documentary, would love to see episode 1
@gaz1tinsley4 жыл бұрын
been looking for it myself 264 hem heath
@gaz1tinsley4 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gtaagcl70NOzZ3k.html pt1
@johnbrown75124 жыл бұрын
@@gaz1tinsley that's been blocked already, why allow part 2 but part 1 keeps getting blocked? Don't really see what the problem can be,
@daz46434 жыл бұрын
@@gaz1tinsley My old man was at Hem Heath (on the bank as he called it) and many of my good friends.
@waynechapman825 жыл бұрын
great job lads great job lads
@paulspickernell68753 жыл бұрын
Wow that was emotional
@garyward56683 жыл бұрын
Smile, lost your job. News people very patronising, making them rehearse how they feel for the camera!!! Felt for them as they said they wanted to one last shift to say goodbye. Like the managers comment, we've put the lid on the coffin, were here putting the nails in. Captain goes down with his ship as he switches the electrics off. 😢
@Mark-vq5dz3 жыл бұрын
Yes Harry Gration, what an absolute twat that bloke was, patronising preening prick. Making them appear 'devastated ' when they were but wanted to be alone in their thoughts.. The Manager of the put was right tho, they did love the camera, a few of them were revelling in the limelight🤣
@dunc_5436 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting this up. Both my grandads were miners, I can just about remember there still being headgear dotted around the place when I was very young but they'd all gone before I was 10 or so. Is part 1 available anywhere does anyone know?
@steveyorkshire17972 жыл бұрын
My dad worked there in the 70's and early 80's as an electrician. Is there a part 1 anywhere??!!
@ryanwhite73984 жыл бұрын
my great great grandfather was a miner and lived in leeds
@jacobhaussmann90 Жыл бұрын
i wanna know who the first person was that thought lets shut the last mine down i would beat some sense into em
@StokieDave2 жыл бұрын
The big K. I've just found this again as I randomly found myself talking about it the other day. Families built up around mining and single handedly destroyed by one woman in the early 80s (this one aside of course) causing a rapid decline.
@BD-md6zr2 жыл бұрын
The last mine shut here in the Netherlands back in 74. The gouvernment fucked our whole region.
@matthewwhite60293 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the song which starts at around 17:50
@qwertycoupe Жыл бұрын
Delilah originally by tom jones
@05clenharth Жыл бұрын
Anyone know where I can watch part 1
@Craig-xr1bw Жыл бұрын
It’s on naked science
@MrSifter Жыл бұрын
Anyone know where we can catch part 1 ???
@mat-mat420 Жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i92phq1otcerg2w.html 1080 p as well
@MrSifter Жыл бұрын
@@mat-mat420 top man 👍🏻👍🏻
@waynegeordiesdad6482 жыл бұрын
Where's part 1?
@Sourstromming3 жыл бұрын
OMG! The dust in that mine was horrendous. 😢
@JT-ce4vt5 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a brilliant, but very sad story, this country is built on coal, but we import cheap rubbish from abroad, typical British government, these men were the last in a very long line of deep pit miners, who have seen things that will never be seen again. I salute you brave men, reopen the pits, we are brimming with coal.
@SuperCmorris2 жыл бұрын
Wheres part one
@paulgray2387 Жыл бұрын
You just can’t see them at an Amazon Fulfilment Centre…
@SneerfulWizard5 жыл бұрын
And the ending to this film made me genuinely happy
@lynngertrudeclark65314 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@stephenjackson64153 жыл бұрын
No it ain’t brilliant., I’ve lost their jobs
@lynngertrudeclark65313 жыл бұрын
@@stephenjackson6415 im a miners kid 33 yrs me dad I meant the footage quality
@fedyno4reviews Жыл бұрын
Makes me sick to my core thinking about the yuppies and their spreadsheets that made this possible. We still burn coal the pits should be open.
@benstevinson7642 жыл бұрын
My Grandad was a Coal Miner ❤️💪 😎 ⚒
@chopchung2 жыл бұрын
Think i'm missing something here.......WHERE is "part 1"?.
@kinsa.80134 жыл бұрын
Take my hat off to the miners ❤️
@sidewindersid41804 жыл бұрын
The technology is there to massively reduce carbon emissions from coal fired power stations. You either have coal or nuclear at the moment. Take your pick.
@matts22645 жыл бұрын
Where can i find episode 1, its really interesting, its no longer available on the bbc iplayer
@Craig-xr1bw Жыл бұрын
It’s on naked science
@iLiKeTrAiNs56955 жыл бұрын
Thanks Margret Thacher
@eamo1063 жыл бұрын
Has anyone got a link to Pt 1 ? Part 2 was an immense shock, I left in 1985.... 8 years investment into University and a Career for a C Eng., The Manager's Ticket. Then I understood the Tories long game... close the pits with 300 more years and bank on Natural Gas for 60 years. In the end both demonized but with Money invested and support we could have been cleaner. In the end Britain lost, EU lost, China became the major growth country - Powered by coal. FT ! Why Why Why Delilah (God bless Stoke City, they keep this song alive) !
@bobbyo78223 жыл бұрын
Anyone have part 1??
@Craig-xr1bw Жыл бұрын
It’s on naked science
@waynechapman826 жыл бұрын
did sheldon also work at gedling colliery
@tomholmez12365 жыл бұрын
see the thing that annoys me is that there are still coal powerplants operating and a few of them have no plans to close (as of 3/19). they should be using BRITISH coal not some foreign shit that they can get slightly cheaper
@ENKI493 жыл бұрын
This was amazing..and sad ..but in the end it was a new start..
@mikejohnson4010 Жыл бұрын
I cried watching this gutted for the miners i wish we had a world where the goverment didnt exist and careers like this continued
@MrWozzy283 жыл бұрын
my grandad was jack longstaff union leader for nottingham and Derbyshire i remember having tea with arther scargill and joe gormley when i was a kid during the strikes.
@webbieuk2 жыл бұрын
Has anyone got part 1 ?
@colintaylor81593 жыл бұрын
Real men real jobs one of the most dangerous jobs on earth ,but these men were more than willing to carry on working the face providing coal for the country ,we had it all ,now we import it madness .the younger generation have missed out so so sad.
@anthonytindle57583 жыл бұрын
I live in a town built on coal mining deep in the heart of Yorkshire and the majority of the males in this town worked at cortonwood, a sinonimous name with miners as you've probably guest I'm from Wombwell, my dad was a miner at Elsecar and wouldn't hear a rong word about it :ut told us whilst growing up don't work at pit and lucky for me I finished school during the strike.