In 1970 i was 18 yr old working for a plant hire company who had ncb contract coming from weardale to dawdon was an eye open i drove loading shovels in the yard and up the field on stock piles on wknds worked with the yard gang mostly cleaning coal off the rail lines we would have our bait with the yard gang i learnt a lot about life ther pay day the lads would hand money over to the wives at the gate billy pig was in charge of them he had a tough time getting time sheets signed was a struggle any breakdown time was knocked off two local lads were johnny and ernie weller the hornsby bros were from easington as from 1973 onwards i spent 30 odd years in opencasts and quarries many times away from home but i will never forget time at dawdon
Hello michael szepeta. 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 your Dawdon videos ? That would be very helpful to us... Thank you very much, kind regards.
Respect for all coal miners past and present 🇬🇧⚒️
In 1970 i was 18 yr old working for a plant hire company who had ncb contract coming from weardale to dawdon was an eye open i drove loading shovels in the yard and up the field on stock piles on wknds worked with the yard gang mostly cleaning coal off the rail lines we would have our bait with the yard gang i learnt a lot about life ther pay day the lads would hand money over to the wives at the gate billy pig was in charge of them he had a tough time getting time sheets signed was a struggle any breakdown time was knocked off two local lads were johnny and ernie weller the hornsby bros were from easington as from 1973 onwards i spent 30 odd years in opencasts and quarries many times away from home but i will never forget time at dawdon
Photo No 4 is Easington, immediately to the south of Dawdon
God bless and protect all coal miners.
Hello michael szepeta. 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 your Dawdon videos ? That would be very helpful to us... Thank you very much, kind regards.