My 3rd great-grandfather, William Bird (1859-1911), was one of the rescuers of the 1898 Whitwick Colliery Disaster. A commemorative photograph was taken, and a certificate was awarded.
Lon lost I wonder what era is this ,maybe 60,s right at the beginning there is a sign saying vacancies, I know in the north east they started to recruit what they called green labour ,if your family worked there it helped to get a job as in shipyards and the railways , so many people had left that there was a Chris is in labour ,oh have things changed now ,,also you can generalise and romantasise but there seems to be a good atmosphere with the workers, theCrack as they called it👍
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my grandfather Charles Burton worked there for 51 years. very proud of him.
Thoroughly enjoy your films Michael, celebrating an industrial period sadly not to be repeated 😢
My 3rd great-grandfather, William Bird (1859-1911), was one of the rescuers of the 1898 Whitwick Colliery Disaster. A commemorative photograph was taken, and a certificate was awarded.
Lovely video my family used to work at the colliery many years ago and lived there when my dad was young good memories
Went to do a job at a old coal board owned building the other day and found a house brick made at the Whitwick colliery brick works.
Proud of the SOLIDS
It's now a Morrisons. And the head stock wheel is no where near where the pit was.
Lon lost I wonder what era is this ,maybe 60,s right at the beginning there is a sign saying vacancies, I know in the north east they started to recruit what they called green labour ,if your family worked there it helped to get a job as in shipyards and the railways , so many people had left that there was a Chris is in labour ,oh have things changed now ,,also you can generalise and romantasise but there seems to be a good atmosphere with the workers, theCrack as they called it👍