Excellent posting,a time long gone.Dawdon pit opened oct 1907 and closed in july 1991.During this time there were no disasters but 100 men lost their lives in accidents at the pit.In the 1960s just before this film was made 10 men lost their lives in seperate accidents.In the last decade before closure in 1991 4 men lost their lives in accidents.The true cost of coal,and to think that wicked woman called them the enemies within.
proper working people - them and their like have been the backbone of this country for a thousand years. They'd weep now at the state of the political party they helped to found. Horrible work, but it was good honest work.
This is brilliant - Thankyou for making it available - im going to watch more - I like it because Ive always wondered what the pits looked like around NOSE Point - since discovering the place in 2019 - This video shows it all
In 1970 i was 18 yr old plant operator from weardale my boss sent me to dawdon driving loading shovels going there was an eye opener to a young lad during the week we loaded road wagons making stock piles up the field wknds we would spend time with the yard gang usually cleaning coal spillage on the lines we would have our bait with the lads billy pig was in charge of them had his work cut out two lads i worked with were johnny and ernie weller from seaham and two hornsby brothers from easington getting time sheets signed was fun any breakdown time we had was usually different to billys i must say i enjoyed working there helped my working
hi Alan, seeing this post was quite an eye opener for me , My brother in law was called Billy Pig, an unusual name, do you know anything else about billy, I have my own recollections of the Billy Pig that I knew, as a seven yr old lad in 1974. this has set me thinking more about the man that I knew.... p
@davidrooney8699 hi David best luck on your quest all I can say is try get to pubs n clubs in Seaham am sure Billy was a tall slim chap I found him fine to get on with but he had his work cut out with the lads in the yard gang they took some watching am sure Billy's boss was a chap Albert Thompson best luck alan
@davidrooney8699 well I must admit why these lads left an impression on me up to 73 I was only there now and again also spent time in easington then I had many years working all over the country but now I send a lot of time down my allotment with my hens log burner kettle thinking about the good old days
I lived in Dawdon when I was a kid back in the early 70s and I loved it. It might be a lot cleaner now (since the pit shut and everywhere is no longer covered in coal dust), but there are some horrible shits living there these days, which is a shame for the many decent people who are also there. The Dawdon Welfare Club seems be doing okay, though.
..worked as Mine Surveyor/Engineer '58 to'65....nearer to 4 miles under sea...big hitch separated us from Vane Tempest where there was a permanent [controlled] goaf fire.....two roads lead to the Nick Nack pit. We lost two men killed every year 'cept one...we lost FOUR the next year. These deaths include an Under-manager Bill Miller killed at Zone 13 Main Coal..top of the Retarder Drift. None-the-less for me it was all part of growing up, and now are part of my many happy memories.
Hello samv77. I am journalist for the French TV channel France 24, I work on a show about climate and environment called Down to Earth. We are filming a documentary on the old UK coal mines this week and we are looking some archive footage. Would you authorize us to take a few shots from "Dawdon A Life Underground 1974" ? That would be very helpful to us... Thank you very much, kind regards.
Excellent posting,a time long gone.Dawdon pit opened oct 1907 and closed in july 1991.During this time there were no disasters but 100 men lost their lives in accidents at the pit.In the 1960s just before this film was made 10 men lost their lives in seperate accidents.In the last decade before closure in 1991 4 men lost their lives in accidents.The true cost of coal,and to think that wicked woman called them the enemies within.
i was a shaftsman at the best colliery in the universe dawdon & i wish i could go back there the likes of chimper reid & humphry
I was a winderman on the Theresa winder, loved my job
proper working people - them and their like have been the backbone of this country for a thousand years. They'd weep now at the state of the political party they helped to found. Horrible work, but it was good honest work.
i never worked down the pit but i grew up during the miners strike and my dad and most people were miners
This is brilliant - Thankyou for making it available - im going to watch more - I like it because Ive always wondered what the pits looked like around NOSE Point - since discovering the place in 2019 - This video shows it all
In 1970 i was 18 yr old plant operator from weardale my boss sent me to dawdon driving loading shovels going there was an eye opener to a young lad during the week we loaded road wagons making stock piles up the field wknds we would spend time with the yard gang usually cleaning coal spillage on the lines we would have our bait with the lads billy pig was in charge of them had his work cut out two lads i worked with were johnny and ernie weller from seaham and two hornsby brothers from easington getting time sheets signed was fun any breakdown time we had was usually different to billys i must say i enjoyed working there helped my working
hi Alan, seeing this post was quite an eye opener for me , My brother in law was called Billy Pig, an unusual name, do you know anything else about billy, I have my own recollections of the Billy Pig that I knew, as a seven yr old lad in 1974. this has set me thinking more about the man that I knew....
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@davidrooney8699 hi David best luck on your quest all I can say is try get to pubs n clubs in Seaham am sure Billy was a tall slim chap I found him fine to get on with but he had his work cut out with the lads in the yard gang they took some watching am sure Billy's boss was a chap Albert Thompson best luck alan
@@alanpercival840 Cheers Alan, It sounds like we're talking about the same fella, will do some digging see what I can find out.
@davidrooney8699 well I must admit why these lads left an impression on me up to 73 I was only there now and again also spent time in easington then I had many years working all over the country but now I send a lot of time down my allotment with my hens log burner kettle thinking about the good old days
i had no idea this even existed - thanks for posting. looking forward to parts 2-4.
Somewhere in this video will be both my grandads and bunch of me uncles….me dad was about 11 during this
I lived in Dawdon when I was a kid back in the early 70s and I loved it. It might be a lot cleaner now (since the pit shut and everywhere is no longer covered in coal dust), but there are some horrible shits living there these days, which is a shame for the many decent people who are also there. The Dawdon Welfare Club seems be doing okay, though.
..worked as Mine Surveyor/Engineer '58 to'65....nearer to 4 miles under sea...big hitch separated us from Vane Tempest where there was a permanent [controlled] goaf fire.....two roads lead to the Nick Nack pit. We lost two men killed every year 'cept one...we lost FOUR the next year.
These deaths include an Under-manager Bill Miller killed at Zone 13 Main Coal..top of the Retarder Drift.
None-the-less for me it was all part of growing up, and now are part of my many happy memories.
Anybody with history of Seaham post more vids.
Nice
Hello samv77. I am journalist for the French TV channel France 24, I work on a show about climate and environment called Down to Earth. We are filming a documentary on the old UK coal mines this week and we are looking some archive footage. Would you authorize us to take a few shots from "Dawdon A Life Underground 1974" ? That would be very helpful to us... Thank you very much, kind regards.
Hi yes you can use some footage, will it be possible to send me a copy of it when it is finished please.
Thank you
@@samveitch Ok Sir I will. Thank you very much !
34 quid a week i can get more than than that working for an hour
That's cos ya a Bright spark 👍
U want to have sum respect,