Dawdon A Life Underground 1974 Part 1

Dawdon Pit Seaham Co,Durham Filmed In 1974 Part 1

[@welshcourtland]

Excellent posting,a time long gone.Dawdon pit opened oct 1907 and closed in july 1991.During this time there were no disasters but 100 men lost their lives in accidents at the pit.In the 1960s just before this film was made 10 men lost their lives in seperate accidents.In the last decade before closure in 1991 4 men lost their lives in accidents.The true cost of coal,and to think that wicked woman called them the enemies within.

[@TheFrexter]

i was a shaftsman at the best colliery in the universe dawdon & i wish i could go back there the likes of chimper reid & humphry

[@jimmygixxer9451]

Somewhere in this video will be both my grandads and bunch of me uncles….me dad was about 11 during this

[@mickbeeee]

This is brilliant - Thankyou for making it available - im going to watch more - I like it because Ive always wondered what the pits looked like around NOSE Point - since discovering the place in 2019 - This video shows it all

[@ryanuk1981]

i never worked down the pit but i grew up during the miners strike and my dad and most people were miners

[@raymondhart7251]

I was a winderman on the Theresa winder, loved my job

[@greymalkinfilms]

i had no idea this even existed - thanks for posting. looking forward to parts 2-4.

[@captainboing]

proper working people - them and their like have been the backbone of this country for a thousand years. They'd weep now at the state of the political party they helped to found. Horrible work, but it was good honest work.

[@redrob67]

I lived in Dawdon when I was a kid back in the early 70s and I loved it. It might be a lot cleaner now (since the pit shut and everywhere is no longer covered in coal dust), but there are some horrible shits living there these days, which is a shame for the many decent people who are also there. The Dawdon Welfare Club seems be doing okay, though.

[@kayjay42]

..worked as Mine Surveyor/Engineer '58 to'65....nearer to 4 miles under sea...big hitch separated us from Vane Tempest where there was a permanent [controlled] goaf fire.....two roads lead to the Nick Nack pit. We lost two men killed every year 'cept one...we lost FOUR the next year. These deaths include an Under-manager Bill Miller killed at Zone 13 Main Coal..top of the Retarder Drift. None-the-less for me it was all part of growing up, and now are part of my many happy memories.

[@christophershiels786]

Anybody with history of Seaham post more vids.

[@derekatkinson8807]

Nice

[@lucien3433]

Hello samv77. 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 "Dawdon A Life Underground 1974" ? That would be very helpful to us... Thank you very much, kind regards.

[@samveitch]

Hi yes you can use some footage, will it be possible to send me a copy of it when it is finished please. Thank you

[@lucien3433]

@@samveitch Ok Sir I will. Thank you very much !

[@brightspark4817]

34 quid a week i can get more than than that working for an hour

[@king77703]

That's cos ya a Bright spark 👍

[@Granto-ni9qw]

U want to have sum respect,