DERELICT SITE OFTHE FORMER ELSECAR MAIN COLLIERY AND PUMPING STATION EXPLORING

[@HappyTyke25]

Enjoyed watching that video, Thanks for sharing. It brings back some good memories, both my Dad and my uncle worked at Elsecar pit, sadly both no longer with us, fond memories of my cousins and me visiting my uncle Alec, while he was working, he managed all the coal slurry ponds, he had a little cabin with a chair and a stove , my Dad worked in the wash house I think! We used to play around and fish in the canal close by. Good times.Elsecar is a lovely place.

[@reallyold9713]

Wow what a great story ...glad you liked the video .. have you visited the site since

[@HappyTyke25]

@@reallyold9713 yes I occasionally get up to Elsecar heritage centre.

[@reallyold9713]

@@HappyTyke25 maison du bier

[@mrjhon8470]

I live in Stirlingshire in Scotland and our houses are just beside an old colliery. I have always found the place fascinating even though not much of it exists. It was Polmaise Colliery and was opened in 1904.

[@reallyold9713]

Wow that's great having this history beside you... I wish all these places could be restored to some extent

[@Th3Gr33k]

4:58 I pulled the grass up to expose those bricks. Ha. It was quite exciting to discover those under there. Glad it's been shared.

[@reallyold9713]

Ah brilliant I will go back there and bring home some history

[@robsayner6390]

Absolutely brilliant thanks

[@reallyold9713]

Thank you for your time.... 🙏

[@darrensutton5940]

Fantastic video and excellent drone footage. Thank you.

[@reallyold9713]

Thank you for watching Darren hopefully I can get to visit some more sites soon

[@TheSilmarillian]

New sub here from down under love these uploads that bring history back to life.

[@reallyold9713]

Thank you I hope to get back to posting videos sometime soon

[@782sirbrian]

I had a few Uncles who worked there, I remember as a school kid being taken to the pit top some time in the mid 70's. That was when the pit was working. They had cuts when working and the coal dust got in to form a grey scar !

[@reallyold9713]

Wow that's great I would loved to have seen this place it's such a shame it was demolished it almosed became a heritage site

[@TeA-tt7xr]

The dog carried the movie…he’s great!! But seriously, a great informative video, thanks

[@reallyold9713]

Thank you... Yes Rambo the dog does take all the glory 🐕

[@martindawber1345]

😊happy days

[@leathandrubb]

Hasn't Elsecar pit site still got quite a few complete builings left or were you going on the land between Elsecar and Hemmingfield? Also is the 2 "humps" at the other side or the railway Simon wood pit? Did Jump also have a pit.Thank you.

[@reallyold9713]

Sadly no Elsecar Pit dosent have any building left at all!... Its a real shame that the site wasn't preserved... This is all filmed at the Elsecar colliery site and also the pump house at the heritage center. The two humps appear to be old skateboard half pipes that have been put there after... The pit was expanded in 1837, with a new shaft at Jump known as Jump Pit. And in 1848 the colliery was renamed Elsecar Mid Colliery 👍

[@Capt_Y_Fronts]

That was brilliant, loved it.

[@reallyold9713]

Thank you it's just a shame there isn't much there to be seen now

[@leathandrubb]

So I assume that there is no visitor centre or museum there any more. How sad.

[@avpinstarter]

were the bricks at 4.45 from skyers springs brick works me dad worked at skyers springs pit

[@reallyold9713]

Yes they are Skyers Springs bricks 👍

[@andykopgod]

Anyone know how deep the shaft was?

[@davidclark3603]

All the coal mines will reopen. It's too expensive to import it. The foreign exporters haven't invested in modernisation, hence it's too expensive. A new pit is being dug I Cumbria for steel production. There were only tree huggers objecting. It will create 500 jobs. It's the start of things to come. British coal is the finest in the world. It makes sense!

[@reallyold9713]

Yes I would just love to see giant pit heads turning again around the UK..... So much money and time wasted leaving all that equipment down there and heritage demolished it's a crime

[@AnthraciteHorrorStories]

I hope for your sake it does. Greetings from the U.S.

[@reallyold9713]

@@AnthraciteHorrorStories greetings from South Yorkshire 🙏🌍

[@graemelake657]

No they won't. Once gone that's it... That's why it was such a catastrophic error to close them. Gone forever now

[@simonng156gl]

Once the air in the pit stops the gates starts collapsing

[@neilhansen5663]

very sad indeed

[@jasinere35]

this one closed due to depleation of coal not thru thatcher in other words it ran out of coal

[@reallyold9713]

Yeh... And Its such a shame this site and probably many others were not preserved as heritage sites

[@martindawber1345]

Plenty of coal just needed investment