A well-done documentary. Thank you. You caught my attention and kept it by providing an unbiased look into the lives of men whose gender and social class has rendersed them invisible in the eyes of modern media.
@АндрейТоковенко-п2т3 ай бұрын
Уважение мужчинам.
@Welato309 ай бұрын
I think these people are heroes because they do the hardest job in the world to take care of their families.
@-FreeMiner-6 ай бұрын
Beat job in world
@ZulkifliJamil4033-x6s3 ай бұрын
These miners had done their best to bring up their family members plus contributions to the country and community.
@Kingsgardful7 ай бұрын
Great movie...I'm an ex miner in Ruhrgebiet and coal-mining were and is my life❤. Best job and great buddies
@lisacunningham57867 ай бұрын
My dad was a miner from Wigan. He loved that job. So proud to be a miners daughter ❤️
@BestUserNameUK3 ай бұрын
I worked at Agecroft.
@lisacunningham57863 ай бұрын
@@BestUserNameUK my dad roy was also a fitter at Agecroft 🫶
@Britcherbrianjr7 ай бұрын
Best documentary I think I’ve ever seen. What a relationship these men have. I can’t stop thinking about how damn old you British age though my god. 54 looking 70
@benchippy80394 ай бұрын
Breaks my heart to see this. All those generations of struggling and toiling, the history of the communities and now it’s all gone in favour of cheaper imports.
@LizzyFerretOfficial9 ай бұрын
I remember when this was on the BBC at the time and feeling so sad for this band of brothers, loosing their way of life. I wonder how the chaps got on and where they are now some 8 years later 🤔
@greglinder2869 ай бұрын
Fascinating story but sad in many ways
@vincetoo68708 ай бұрын
I really love the way you guys cover the documents.ill always be your fun❤❤❤
@FraserCheyne7 ай бұрын
I can understand this and I'd love to have been a miner. I've worked with my best mate for 30 years as a chef. It's a friendship beyond normal and if thevwork shut we'd be absolutely lost and devastated
@howlinwulfАй бұрын
Heroes all. Thanks men you made all the difference in our world.
@skitzochik4 ай бұрын
Miners in the States always gripe about it being the WORST JOB they've ever had and they're all mean grumpy fuckers. So it was endearing to see this group of fellas who loved their jobs and they love each other too.
@F1ght1ngIrish-Ай бұрын
I call BS on that all the miners I’ve met loved that job
@skitzochikАй бұрын
@@F1ght1ngIrish- then you know something I don't.
@F1ght1ngIrish-Ай бұрын
@@skitzochikplus miners in the states have way rougher working conditions then these guys in the documentary miners in the states can’t even stand up all the way when they are down there and have to crawl around on their hands and knees just to move around mind you they are doing that for like 12 hours.
@skitzochikАй бұрын
@@F1ght1ngIrish- holy shit that would make me grumpy too, I didn't know that. I guess those factors alone would explain everything. Thank you Sir, I appreciate you. I learned something new today.
@project182r35 ай бұрын
RIP Sheldon
@BobLeeSwagger9103 ай бұрын
Is he dead? 😢
@stephlusc43325 күн бұрын
Loved Jack saying he might need to move "oop North" 😂😂 ehh...Jack, where you're from is "oop North" lol..Superb Documentary this
@Hush505.49 ай бұрын
Amazing
@alexandramacleod56103 ай бұрын
has me CRYING BUDDY HUGGING ALOL HIS MATES'
@tonygrant4607Ай бұрын
I agree, whilst Labour closed more mines, Thacher closed then out of spite, I was pleased she lost marbles, still do to this day.
@ostritch55199 ай бұрын
Sheldon will be swinging from rafters 😂 good northern humour in hard times
@Jurornumber58 ай бұрын
Them UK boys enjoying those showers entirely too much. 🚿I hope the cameraman got a bonus for having to go in there that day, or every day. Then again, he's probably British and enjoyed himself.
@project182r35 ай бұрын
Your mums enjoyed lots of UK boys
@michaelwadsworth85956 ай бұрын
Sheldon griffiths ever do any manual work ..??
@evangiles44034 ай бұрын
So does England have any open cut mines
@minemineraladdicts5742Ай бұрын
Still has a few underground coal mines. This video title is fake news
@CharlesTimothy-en7to2 ай бұрын
I think ,no I know it’s wrong to shut our pits. Lack of any thought from our politicians.
@dgod625 ай бұрын
decent hardworking people cast aside and thrown out with rubbish. not right, really felt for them.
@RaselMia-h2r9 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@iiadamastam9 ай бұрын
من فضلكم ترجمو لنا الصوت باللغة العربية العريقة
@falloutprojekt9 ай бұрын
English is easy language
@BruselskySluzebnik7 ай бұрын
Is this a place where Jimmy Savile started his career?
@577buttfan5 ай бұрын
No coal miners no America
@russ63629 ай бұрын
I’m an ex miner and when the pits closed I left to go to Uni. A couple of guys I worked with moved to this pit under private ownership. Being a miner was the best job I’ve ever had due to the comradeship.
@azambresonia50569 ай бұрын
@russ : direktly went in my mind. "because of the comradeship" Greetings from Hamburg Germany
@PunkRockOilOi8 ай бұрын
🏴Aye it's a sad fact our coal mining industry is all but gone ⚒️
@BestUserNameUK3 ай бұрын
I was a fitter at Agecroft (North Western Region).. Now a mental health nurse.
@IhateMexicoPooping3 ай бұрын
Our school houses in kelty are named after our coal mines Aitken Blairinbathie Lindsay Mary
@SOFISINTOWN9 ай бұрын
Britain will regret giving up on the coal industry.
@MisterKatz8 ай бұрын
Our planet will regret it if we carry on like this.
@idhatemet008 ай бұрын
@@MisterKatz tell that to china, vietnam, taiwan, india, etc. i suppose you think recycling is good for the planet too, eh? solar? do you know how much e waste modern electronics produce? why don't you support banning those? oh, because it's inconvenient for you you say? .....
@byteme97183 ай бұрын
The coal is still there.
@austint75339 ай бұрын
I think they could go to surface mining and get familiar with the job rather quickly but I definitely feel for them. That must fuckin suck.
@staceyd79867 ай бұрын
Brought a tear to my eye! Many of my ancestors were miners in various Nottinghamshire pits ❤️ hope everyone in this doc is happy and healthy 8 years later!
@chriscars35786 ай бұрын
I am a ex notts miner and I was on strike. It was the best job I ever had till the strike. Then hatted it after the strike working with udm scabs they were getting overtime and we was punished for being on strike. But it came back to bite them when thatcher started closing Notts pits. And Pete is 100% right should have been fighting to keep it open
@project182r35 ай бұрын
Didn’t come back to bite them though😂 - the Notts lads had the last pits going 😂. In the villages around me when the pits did close in Notts the lads were so wealthy on their packages they’ve all been retired 30 years. Economically the industry was always gonna be closed down by the green sectors of government, the strikers just accelerated the process,and we’re already regretting the day.
@byteme97183 ай бұрын
All these years later and you still can't see the reality. Just how did striking achieve anything?
@andrewwordsworth89743 ай бұрын
Both my grandads worked down the pit, Manvers main, Denaby main among others. Both my grandads are long gone now. Thanks to all these men in this documentary for letting us in. Thanks for showing me how my grandads worked. I appreciate you all and wish you and your families all the very best.
@suebowman72589 ай бұрын
Awesome history/documentary! Thank you!
@swynty57679 ай бұрын
Closing the coal to buy power from Russia made from coal
@Geoplanetjane9 ай бұрын
Really? What about wind machines?
@sicks6six9 ай бұрын
haha, wind produces next to nothing, and when it's not windy it produces nothing, could you only use your washing machine when it is windy, remember you can't store electricity, you have to make it when it is needed, UK coal was the cheapest deep-mined coal in the world but we buy electricity from Russia made from Russian coal, do you know why, its about removing power for the working classes and nothing else, it actually costs the UK more to import than to mine its own coal@@Geoplanetjane
@joecummings12608 ай бұрын
@@Geoplanetjanethose things put out very little power, the capacity Factor sucks
@lownsbrough228 ай бұрын
The power station which this pit use to supply the coal too is now burning biomass (wood chips) but the whole process off getting the stuff there from USA/Canada and burning it is actually more worse for the environment than the coal use to be 🤷♂️ bonkers
@ShermanT.Potter5 ай бұрын
50:58, then she needs to get off her arse and work. This is the modern age with modern household appliances. Unless you homeschool or have 5+ kids, both parents should work.
@nick_ddr8 ай бұрын
nice and sad to see sadly, Is al the equipment and machinerie still there?
@brendanmeadors30999 ай бұрын
Good on ya fellas
@azambresonia50569 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Very interesting. Respect for all those "MEN"
@michaelwadsworth85957 ай бұрын
Sheldond were a deputy whos never done a manual days work in his life ffs ..man hes a joke
@Gentry098 ай бұрын
There’s no mistaking who real men are, it’s these guys! Imagine all the noise, dust, and danger. No way in hell I could be down there. But I will say one thing, my chewing tobacco is far from effeminate! And I’ve never washed another man’s back either. U big puff.
@andycorton19743 күн бұрын
My grandad was a miner. My dad was a miner at Steetley colliery and Shireoaks Colliery. Remember my dad taking me to steetley pit and the miners strike in 1984. if Thatcher left coal industry alone think they would be pits still open and men working. Wanted to be a miner when i grew up
@julieannlivesey52702 ай бұрын
What a brilliant documentary about real people, real lives. As the proud granddaughter of 2 miners and several uncles too who spent all their working lives down the pit I am in awe of the men in this documentary who kept the electricity and coal fires burning for all those years, thank you! I hope they and their families moved on and have a good life now. 🤗🌷🌻🌷
@chizz3219 күн бұрын
Excellent documentary! Very moving!
@rebeccahale46735 ай бұрын
One of the best documentaries I've ever seen....thx.
@carrot56106 ай бұрын
I moved out to Australia once I graduated as a mining engineer, I would have loved to have been able to work in the UK instead but theres just not enough mines and theres better prospects out here..
@gymrat90729 ай бұрын
I wonder what they’re wages where.
@michaelmccormack24608 ай бұрын
Go for a tree change immigrate to Australia heaps of minds around Chin up think positive
@lifeisshort89dg2 ай бұрын
I remember seeing this in about 2016 in 2015 the last mine closed before Xmas.
@popsasylumbukkshitshamen35838 ай бұрын
I personally think the coal mines should continue for now.
@scotabot78265 ай бұрын
Four Million Dollars in coal is only several 100 car unit train loads. It's a good doc, I just hate it when the show tries to pump in extra, and unwarranted drama.
@elizabethkent96474 ай бұрын
Fabulous documentary. I loved the commaraderie among the lads. Change sucks!
@alexandramacleod56103 ай бұрын
tough Men CRYING SHOWING THEIR loVE 4 EACH OTHER,
@alexandramacleod56103 ай бұрын
U had to have Big BALLS to even consider being a Miner let alone B 1.
@stigsimo4 ай бұрын
loosing jobs, but the owners earns millions
@markbeale73904 ай бұрын
? DId kellingley have a pipe band?
@stevent91794 ай бұрын
Suicide of the West ☠
@mnpd39 ай бұрын
Damn, how long do the Brits have to work before they retire? How do you lose a job after 35 or even 45 years only to have to look for another one?
@ceciliahayward22398 ай бұрын
Currently state pension starts at 66, will soon rise to 67 then 68, for men and women. You can,t live on state pension so many of us carry on as long as we can. Its currently difficult to make a decent living doing manuel work, not sure about mining though, i work in agriculture.
@idhatemet008 ай бұрын
sheldon could've retired, some people prefer to keep busy as to not shrivel up and die by 65. he looked older but in this film they said he was 50 or so
@FruitMuff1n2 ай бұрын
1) This was a great documentary 2) While it is sad for the individuals who no longer will have this job that means so much to them...is it really that bad of a thing we're no longer burning coal? I don't think so.
@FruitMuff1n2 ай бұрын
I really hope Kev landed on his feet OK -- the amount of care he had for the people working for him is honestly inspiring.
@AaronNash-jt8xl15 күн бұрын
@FruitMuff1n imported over 20% of our energy in first quarter. Much for that from France where coal is still in use. This mine could have been kept open till today as the last coal station is still just about open (14 days to go)
@Harrysmith-v6o7 ай бұрын
👍
@roaddog62018 ай бұрын
Still a miner 😂 we have plenty mines left I do real mining tho coal is for dumb miners
@Wayne552317 ай бұрын
wtf are you on about?
@roaddog62017 ай бұрын
@janomacky6292 there are plenty of mines left to go to. Idk what this is going on o the last miners going to pack up their bags and the trade is lost. Lol it happens all the time after the mine you like shuts down. You are known as a tramp miner they are the ones who go from town to town looking for a place to call home. The difference between hard rock miners "real miners" and coal miners/salt miners, is we use explosives. They use a continuous mining machine. Then you have surface miners who well they stay up top for a reason.
@Zuraimaruj9 ай бұрын
❤
@ciararespect42968 ай бұрын
Northern soul is such an oxymoron 😂
@gradyrm2378 ай бұрын
I'm confused and American. Union workers are well paid here. I believe these guys are too? 65 years old and needing a job? Help me understnd.
@joelmonkley61778 ай бұрын
When was this doco made. are all the pits closed i know they open cast mine coal in the uk