This was a great video. Here in Cape Breton we will never forget the sacrifices these men made for us, we hold William Davis and all coal miners very dear to our hearts. Thank you for making this and may the story of William Davis be remembered forever.
The moment of silence following naming William Davis in this video speaks volumes to your love and respect. Keep up the great content. I look forward to your videos covering Cape Breton Island.
Very well done. My mother's family came from Dominion and worked in the mines. My great-great grandparents had a farm at Waterford Lake in the late 1800s and as far as I know, they sold the land to the mining company where the water plant is located. They left the farm and moved to Bridgeport/Dominion.
Fantastic video on William Davis, it's now my go to recommendation for anyone interested in short intro to Cape Breton working class history. Your videos are good examples of how to explore deindustrial ruination in ways that explain what they did and the social context they exist in, rather than romanticizing and naturalizing the destruction of communities by business and politicians.
Great video…recently re-read the book”The Company Store” . In seeing how the provincial and federal governments treated the miners by being paid off by Besco. They would not help starving families but paid for the army to come at the company’s request . I believe that they both owe the miners families an apology for what they did!
Very interesting. I ‘ve been told miners sometimes shifted between CB and Springhill to join mining baseball teams. My great grandfather was killed in Waterford in a mining accident. ( Reilly).
Hi there, thanks! It's probably a true story, my great grandmother was from Springhill. Those two areas of Nova Scotia share a lot of families and many Capers have deep roots in Pictou county. Do you know which mining accident your ancestor was killed in? Most of the casualties happened at no. 12 in 1917. He's probably etched in the memorial.
@@AbandonedCapeBreton I don’t know. Both of my mother’s parents came from Springhill, but both of the grandparents spent time in Cape Breton. The story I was told is my grandmother’s father was killed in a mining accident in Waterford during the Depression. She remarried a Micky, but he was not interested in feeding another man’s children. My grandmother and her siblings were put out. Some of the boys rode trains. My grandmother slept in a field the first night she was abandoned. She worked for a Waterford family named Cashin who took her in. Thank you. I didn’t know there was a memorial. PS. The man my grandmother married, Jim Ryan, had a store on the Main Street in Springhill , called Ryan’s Market. I didn’t know both of my grandparents lived in Cape Breton until long after they were gone, and I had moved to Cape Breton decades later.
This was a great video. Here in Cape Breton we will never forget the sacrifices these men made for us, we hold William Davis and all coal miners very dear to our hearts. Thank you for making this and may the story of William Davis be remembered forever.
The moment of silence following naming William Davis in this video speaks volumes to your love and respect. Keep up the great content. I look forward to your videos covering Cape Breton Island.
Great Video. The story of William Davis tells about the hardships and harsh treatment miners were forced to endure.
Very well done. My mother's family came from Dominion and worked in the mines. My great-great grandparents had a farm at Waterford Lake in the late 1800s and as far as I know, they sold the land to the mining company where the water plant is located. They left the farm and moved to Bridgeport/Dominion.
Would that have been Corbetts farm ?
phenomenal video as always
Fantastic video on William Davis, it's now my go to recommendation for anyone interested in short intro to Cape Breton working class history. Your videos are good examples of how to explore deindustrial ruination in ways that explain what they did and the social context they exist in, rather than romanticizing and naturalizing the destruction of communities by business and politicians.
Appreciate the incite and glad it speaks to you!
I really like your videos living in cape breton I find it so interesting learning of its past, especially as a young adult
Excellent. TY.
Great video…recently re-read the book”The Company Store” . In seeing how the provincial and federal governments treated the miners by being paid off by Besco. They would not help starving families but paid for the army to come at the company’s request . I believe that they both owe the miners families an apology for what they did!
your videos are excellent!
Great job.
Thank you
Very interesting. I ‘ve been told miners sometimes shifted between CB and Springhill to join mining baseball teams.
My great grandfather was killed in Waterford in a mining accident. ( Reilly).
Hi there, thanks! It's probably a true story, my great grandmother was from Springhill. Those two areas of Nova Scotia share a lot of families and many Capers have deep roots in Pictou county. Do you know which mining accident your ancestor was killed in? Most of the casualties happened at no. 12 in 1917. He's probably etched in the memorial.
@@AbandonedCapeBreton I don’t know. Both of my mother’s parents came from Springhill, but both of the grandparents spent time in Cape Breton. The story I was told is my grandmother’s father was killed in a mining accident in Waterford during the Depression. She remarried a Micky, but he was not interested in feeding another man’s children. My grandmother and her siblings were put out. Some of the boys rode trains.
My grandmother slept in a field the first night
she was abandoned. She worked for a Waterford family named Cashin who took her in.
Thank you. I didn’t know there was a memorial.
PS. The man my grandmother married, Jim Ryan, had a store on the Main Street in Springhill , called Ryan’s Market.
I didn’t know both of my grandparents lived in Cape Breton until long after they were gone, and I had moved to Cape Breton decades later.
@@Caperhere Yes, I would check for his name in Colliery Lands Park underneath all the flags. If he died in the mines, he'll be there.
Who’s yer father?
Great Video. The story of William Davis tells about the hardships and harsh treatment miners were forced to endure.