Thoresby colliery last ride Inbye part 2

[@paulh5293]

Brilliant video. Four generations of my family were miners in Co Durham (I'm the first never to have worked down the mines). Lost relatives including several on dad's side at West Stanley and my great grandad at Morrison Busty - he started work as a trapper aged 9. It's so important that people never forget what mining was like - we literally built this country on coal.

[@dedgeroo4665]

Great video. Nearly 6 years on and I still miss it. Life goes on but the memories remain.

[@gb5uq]

Makes you want to cry. They didn't just kill the mines they made damned sure we'll never get them back, that's even if there were anyone man enough left to work down a pit. Fantastic video many thanks.

[@tadtalbot127]

Thanks mate, would go back tomorrow.miss it

[@admiralbenbow5083]

They did not kill the bloody mines. The mines killed themselves. Give me just on good reason for pumping billions every year to keep loss making businesses going. The taxpayer was keeping the mines open. For what?? And do you have any idea how much it costs just to keep a mine functional and safe for the future? Evidently not. Especially when nothing is coming out of it to earn you some of that money back. Its been 35-40 years and there are still idiots who havent worked it out.

[@sawfishv6565]

It’s a shame

[@IanLanc]

Wished someone had filmed underground at Shirebrook before that was closed, I so miss that place and most likely will do for the rest of my life.

[@colly0410]

Reminds me of when I worked down Moorgreen & Hucknall pits, interesting to see the roof bolted roads, I went down Caphouse at the mining museum last year but saw no roof bolting down there.... Thanks for posting Glen

[@neilarmstrong7906]

I have been down caphouse 3 times, saw some roof bolting the first time, every trip slightly different depending on the guide. Kebab was the guide on the first tour, got the nickname kebab as he fell off a machine and was impaled on a roof bolt rod.

[@miketaylor5298]

A staggering feat of engineering how far does the train actually travel?A wonderful piece of archive film as what you see will now never be seen again.The infra structure is a lot more extensive than I expected to see which just goes to show the difficulties in the mining terrain and geology.Absolutely Brilliant!!!

[@tadtalbot127]

Hi mike, the furthest we travelled was about seven mile in.

[@daviddrummerrichards2724]

Brings back memories worked underground for17years great days

[@fordranger22]

Used to work trains up to Thoresby for loading for West Burton or Cottam in the last few years of it being open. Interesting to see what was underneath. Thanks for uploading.

[@johnrandle755]

Was always told by my relatives, 'You don't go down that hole'. Watching this I'm so glad I listened to them. Really enjoyed the film but I couldn't have faced that every day. Give me some Sun lol. Nice to read the comments from the ex miners who genuinely miss it.

[@logiclee1]

Working 12 hours a day 7 days a week for a few weeks in winter meant we didn't see any daylight for a month.

[@paulrichards2350]

Great video Tad I can remember driving down there like it was yesterday mate, still miss it now I’d go back on nights tonight if I could 😂😂 can’t be Donk driving he’s going too steady👍🏻

[@tadtalbot127]

Hi Paul, hope you’re keeping well, yes mate would love to go back, great memories, and yes mate it is Donk driving,

[@martincowling6562]

Just think with long lost history of great days of men laughing and joking down the pits as today , you wouldn't think there is a lot of entire unused machinery below us rotting away because costing too much to bring it back out. As no one doesn't mention that there are still dead miners in certain pits from disasters over the years.

[@micklogg5377]

What a great firm used to drive Bo -bo loco for salvage team bring back memories

[@waynemcmillan4240]

great memories worked there for years miss the lads

[@grahambaston421]

Hi popsy

[@waynemcmillan4240]

@@grahambaston421 hiya buddy hows things

[@grahambaston421]

@@waynemcmillan4240 all ok Wayne enjoying retirement 👍😘

[@stewartbond8037]

The train, was it battery or diesel also did the track run to the surface. Places like daw mill the shaft was filled in but would the tunnels remain

[@tadtalbot127]

Yes mate it was a battery locomotive, and the track ran to the pit bottom only.

[@paulvickers3800]

@@tadtalbot127 Ay up what happens after they closed it, do they flood it. My late Grandad worked at b wining and Alfreton plus Blackwell pit with his brother and my Late Dad worked as shunter think that was at Blackwell. Any more films

[@bobsbits8562]

great film thank you for uploading.was the train left down there?

[@tadtalbot127]

yes mate two of these locos were left underground when the colliery closed, the locos cost a million pound each.

[@jasongarland8437]

Waste :(

[@deniseshephard3347]

It's such a waste because machines that cost so much just left

[@michaelrogowski7476]

Reminds me of when I worked down the deep mines in Yorkshire as a teenager in the 1980's. It was a long ride out like this to 35's. First shift on Nights after finishing my training. The Men had pre-arranged a nice welcome to the team for me. Snap break 4am in the early hours, the Men walked off the Coal Face, took my piece of bread off me chucked it on the ground. Tipped out my coffee and water. Dragged me along the ground and pushed over on the blindside of the stage loader on broken rocks. Laughed as they pulled off my overalls forcibly. I was not much older than their own children, a teenager. The thought did cross my mind as I was pinned to the ground by my colleagues, the Men, the Miners. Is this how they would treat their own child. They had their laugh, ha-ha it's only a joke. I walked back to the machine, snap time over. My pit boots trampled on what was the remains of my carefully made sandwich that the Men had snatched from me and thrown in the dirt . I was thirsty, there was nothing to drink because they had poured my coffee and water on the ground. Well it was only a joke, what did it matter? They walked off to let me operate the machine alone, whilst they laughed and had there bread and drink. In the Coal dust, my mouth felt dry, there was some condensation on a metal pipe that looked appealing. I knew the Men would not give me a drink of water, they were laughing to throw my food and drink on the ground. I just carried on, earning a living, paying my way as a teenager working down the mine. I had heard that the Miners looked out for each other. Maybe that was another one of their jokes. The shift ended, time to walk back to the paddy. I had a last look at my bread in the dirt and walked down the tunnel to the train.

[@tadtalbot127]

So sad , I had 30 years down the coal miines, .not once did I see anything like that, we had a laugh and a joke, but never anything like that, we all pulled together.

[@bushman2512]

I know a guy who was greased then coated in rock dust. You got off easy lol. Don’t miss the mines myself.

[@paulvickers3800]

@@bushman2512 My Grandad worked down pit, till he had is accident he always said that got him out pit, else he would have been like some of mates hardly seen retirement

[@deniseshephard3347]

You can take the mine from the miner but you cant take the miner from the man

[@alexwetton8331]

I used to work there many years ago so did my Dad.

[@bobsbits8562]

at 4.06..to 4.20..is the roof caving in?

[@project182r3]

Are the latter roadways from the old Ollerton take?

[@gazh4247]

Steve Elliott this is the deep soft workings we had finished in Ollerton a few years before

[@thomasdonald3291]

What will the tunnels be like now?

[@alunhughes2632]

Thomas, most of the deep mines will be completely under water, flooded from top to bottom.

[@tadtalbot127]

Most of the tunnels will be completely closed in

[@alunhughes2632]

@@tadtalbot127 Yes,TAD, but in the deep mines the shafts would have been filled in and the tunnels would have flooded very quickly. The tunnels would then have quietly caved in.

[@tadtalbot127]

Cheers mate

[@jamesherries9383]

What a great film

[@Rongturn777]

Can you imagine young men today working down the mines 🤣🤣 they would need trauma counselling when they got their hands dirty and messed their hair up 🤣

[@terrycraddock9265]

plenty stone dust.

[@tadtalbot127]

Yes mate in parts, thats why you can see extra supports

[@brianmerinar1033]

Glen Talbot I am a miner in the states in West Virginia it amazes me to see how much differences there is in how things are done

[@MattMaxson]

@@brianmerinar1033 I'm from west Virginia but now live in the UK. Last month we went on a tour of the coal mine museum here in the UK. It struck me how different the mines here we're from pictures I've seen of mines in WV

[@tracybeckett4107]

Honestly, some people commenting here need to get a life. They’re SHUT. Move on ffs, nothing wrong with memories but the depth of emotion expressed here is bereavement level. As the Dosco driver replied to the deputy, who was complaining about standards behind the machine, “we’re going forwards pal, not backwards”. Thank doG it’s all over🥳

[@bespoke500]

Who are you ? Some toffee nose office worker commenting on here! You need shut your mouth !

[@tracybeckett4107]

@@bespoke500 Get a life you Troglodyte🥳🥳🥳

[@alunhughes2632]

@@bespoke500 Some people still talk about the war.I still talk about Cardiff City winning the FA Cup back in 1927. It's all history my friend, try it, you may even like it.

[@justme7347]

One day they’ll be history, I’ll bet they’ll be hoping there kids & grandkids talk about them with any glimpse of happy memories, . I worked at this pit for a few yrs before moving to Ollerton

[@richardgreen4062]

Me juts look nice and straight in places

[@gcfcos]

I couldn't imagine in the old days when they had to walk/crawl to the face!!

[@0ldw3lshm4n]

they would not have had to crawl to the face, only crawl in the face. You would need clearance enough to get supplies in, coal out and to ventilate so roadways mostly ok until you get close to face, older roads typically repaired to restore height.

[@gcfcos]

Just read an old mining book from the early 1900s and they would have to walk stooped over for a mile or sometimes further to get to the coal face, the guy who wrote the book tried it and said after a few hundred yards his back was in agony from walking bent over. Wouldn’t fancy that on a daily basis

[@0ldw3lshm4n]

yes stooping is not quite crawling though lol We also had to stoop for sometimes half a mile once into the face roads especially tailgates once weight came on them, but they had to be repaired to get supplies in and to maintain ventillation. Too narrow and you would not ventilate properly.

[@gcfcos]

I wouldn’t fancy that much bet it was bloody hard work

[@IanLanc]

British-mechanic: There was no end of old roads down Shirebrook Pit were you had to walk stooped over, some sections used to scare me, as I thought they could collapse in.

[@tadtalbot127]

No mate

[@suehallam7027]

That's not donk driving. Far to slow

[@gazh4247]

It was 😂