Seen the quiet a lot but for me this was the best of them all. Incredible they were.

Over a trillion tonnes i think it was discovered

I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊

Interesting figures. These days they would be closed because of bloody greenies With climate change.

After the war when it was found out the old mining system could not keep the country going. Labour took over the mines from private ownership. For years the owners would not invest in mining. Starting from scratch the Labour government started bring the mines up to date. There were a lot of the smaller could not get the big machinery in. Shafts and roadways to smaller. It took a few years for the government to do a survey to find out which mines could be modernised and which to be closed. The smaller mines were closed . No miner lost their jobs. The ones who wanted to take redundancy took it. All other miners were transferred to the larger mines what were going to be modernised. The men who were transferred were kept together to drive roadways into the closed mines to get the reserves of coal which were left when their mine was closed. Government knew this would take years to modernised these mines. The coal owners just did not want to invest in them. Some of the mining systems went back a hundred years. Unsafe unventilated and pick and shovel work. The owners thought the cheapest thing to replace was the miner himself. During the war alot of POW who had been miners were forced to work in Polish and German mines. These men found out how outdated the British working system was. The mines had conveyor belts to carry the coal. Not ponies. They had compressed air, fresh water for dust suppression and used explosives to get the coal. The compressed air was for drilling machines. The miners went along with the changes especially in safety. All the hard work put in by everyone to get the mines to production levels they had never seen , was all undone by Thatcher. All for money Thatcher and her cohorts had money invested in Russian coal , oil and gas. Thatcher closed the mines nearly 40years ago. Britain is still importing millions of tons of coal a year. From a country we can not trust Russia. Now the whole of Europe has a fuel shortage. Do you honestly think the foreign owners of our fuel companies will stop putting up the price we pay know. Britain stands on 300 years of reserves of coal. These environmentalists want to think about the 10 of thousands of people who die every year because they can not pay their fuel bills

Thatcher destroyed families

@@andrewbartlett8942 families destroyed families Can't blame her for everything

You must be a tory .ah well everyone's got their faults

@@andrewbartlett8942 look after yourself in life without government interference and take responsibility for your actions rather than blame everybody else

290 were closed under Harold Wilson’s premierships alone (1965-1969 1974-1975) Approx 10 years The more important detail is the number of deep pits closed, disregarding small mines, sometimes privately owned Labour in total closed 371 deep pits. Clement Atlee closed 101 in the early days after nationalisation Harold Wilson closed 235 between 1964 and 1970 and 18 in the years after the miners strike during Heath’s term in office James Callaghan continued the policy of supporting the NUM by closing just 4 mines in 1977- 1979 Blair closed 10 in 10 years and Brown 1. Thatcher closed 115 deep pits. MacMillan closed the most: 246 during the times that “we never had it so good” 1957- 1963 Previously Churchill had closed 78 and Eden 35. There was little protest at mine closures during this time or throughout Wilson’s time in office. Heath closed 24 pits but disputes over pay and 2 miner’s strikes resulted in him losing power when he called a general election hoping to gain popular support in refusing to agree to the miner’s claims. This gave the NUM the impression that they held a great deal of political influence. Although the number on mines closed by Thatcher was just marginally more than Atlee it was a much greater percentage of mines remaining. Cheap imports oil and nuclear power had made British coal less profitable and the militant miner’s union had put politics before production

@@retrorambles517 you can Idolise Maggie if you like. Me, I hope she's burning 🔥 I'm not a Labour voter either.

Many thanks

Snuff

@@bridgeofworks thank you is sniff like a stimulant

Snuff is a smokeless tobacco made from ground or pulverised tobacco leaves.[1] It is inhaled or "snuffed" into the nasal cavity, delivering a swift hit of nicotine and a lasting flavoured scent (especially if flavouring has been blended with the tobacco).[1] Traditionally, it is sniffed or inhaled lightly after a pinch of snuff is either placed onto the back surface of the hand, held pinched between thumb and index finger, or held by a specially made "snuffing" device.

@@bridgeofworks thank you for explaining this to me

@@bridgeofworks Hedges L260 with a few drops of Olbus oil or eucalyptus oil in it.

Thanks

rhondda needs more of this thank you