Brilliant stuff

My farther worked in there

The driller's must have been as deaf as posts, no ear defenders of any sort.

Goeie ou dae

I worked there until it closed with my 2 brothers and father, great guys worked there real lessons for life were learned there. Made boys into men

Hello Can you tell me who owns this footage? Could parts of this video be used for non profit educational pursoses?

@banny6969 my dad did too

My dad worked here up until the closure. Just got back from a visit to the National Coal Mining Museum in Yorkshire. Recommended.

Terrific series. Utterly captivating.

Interesting, as my paternal grandmothers family had connections with Newton Hall there surname was Ball.

An equally outstanding follow on. Thanks again 5*****

Outstanding video. Many Thanks for sharing this. 5*****

wow rare footage,long gone now

Excellent film, was this an NCB film unit production? Where did you get it? I worked at Parkside for a few months in 1992 as a contractor just befor it closed. Completely changed carreer & I am in the planning stages of making a doco on ex miners in the Wigan & Noth West region