I hope they can get the funds to preserve this pit if it's still there as it was a great part of mining history of the area .Good video man

It needs preserving for the future so that children feel and touch

Excellent work Brian love these old buildings 👍

Used to play up there as a kid I still live in fegg hayes to and walk past it everyday with my dog. They also did the loyds banking with the black horse advert up there in 2018 I think

Excellent video, excellent commentary, excellently paced. Best on KZread of this style of video, iv always wondered what was at Draycott Cross Colliery. Thanks for the video

@exploringwithnightcaller

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your kind words

Interesting video these places we just would never see without guys like you exploring them .

@exploringwithnightcaller

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much im clad you enjoyed the video

Great video mate. It's really sad to see how it has been left to rot. I hope someday the funds become available to restore the colliery or at least part of it for people to view and learn more about our history.

@exploringwithnightcaller

7 ай бұрын

Thank you I’d love to go back but I have an injunction on me to stop me going on the site so it would make it criminal

They used to show people how mines worked back in the day I believe and that's what the drift mock up was .

Shame to see the place falling to bits. After it closed as a colliery in 1976, it was a great mining museum. I went on one of the tours down the 700ft pit when I was a kid, down in one of the cages with the brickwork rushing by and our ears popping, wearing a helmet with a light and carrying a self-rescuer. Amazing to think you could do that. One of the older mine shafts there was 2000ft deep.

Coming from a mining and quarrying family and having spent 45 years in transport and engineering I would advise anyone to be extremely careful in and nesr these redundant industrial sites. There are many hidden dangers. I followed in the footsteps of most of my relatives in South Wales , North staffordshire and Lancashire and Yorkshire in what are commonly seen as hazardous industries and occupations. I was lucky. I made it to retirement. Others were not so lucky!

This should have more views very interesting thank you 😊

@exploringwithnightcaller

3 жыл бұрын

Your most welcome

It’s hard to believe how clean the engine houses were at pits, honestly you could eat ya bait off the floor in those places. Wouldn’t think it to look at that place now, what a shame, needs saving especially that steam powered winder.

Nice tour man! you made my heart skip a beat

@exploringwithnightcaller

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Very interesting, thank you.

@exploringwithnightcaller

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate

My dad worked there. We lived just down the road in Cumberbatch Avenue.

@viliamenasau9868

2 ай бұрын

Same I live on the top

Enjoyed this video but must be tricky with the cameras though 👍👍💯

I'm sure you're trying to give me a heart attack. Stomach in my mouth but great walk around. Thanks x

Went there when it was a museum and they took visitors underground to a seam

Brings back some memories, I remember when the visitor centre was open, think it was about 19 86 ish they did trips down the mine. I've even still got the sticker of proof. Great video mate 👍

@exploringwithnightcaller

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot

@Womble1978

3 жыл бұрын

About 1 minute into this video shows the shop and the head lamp charging stations you visited, its such a shame how it looks now. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZZ6LyqmkYpO7krg.html

Shame you couldn't have had a tour guide to explain what all the rooms and machines were for lol Good video though mate

I've always wanted get inside do a video of this place only got footage from the outside were is this tunnel your in buddy great video too 👍👍👍💯

Wonder if the shafts have been capped.

@exploringwithnightcaller

3 ай бұрын

Yes I do believe it has been

@1122geoff

Ай бұрын

The Hesketh isn’t capped still open and full of water

Hi buddy I want today couldn’t find a way in any suggestions thank u

@exploringwithnightcaller

Жыл бұрын

Sorry I’ve not been for some time now so I’m sure it will have all changed by now I have a order not to go back there again after I posted this video up

I lived in Biddulph as a kid and my Dad was a minor there.

@bigoldgrizzly

Жыл бұрын

I worked at Biddulph Colliery, [or Black Bull, as it was known]for a few months in the 70s, doing my shotfirer training

@paulcragg1315

8 ай бұрын

Child labour was banned years ago.

this was 2 months ago yes, but is it still like this and is it a good place to explore with mates?

@exploringwithnightcaller

3 жыл бұрын

Yes its still like this but I got a letter from them warning me to not go back or I have an injection put on me

@courtney-jadeblundred911

3 жыл бұрын

Exploring With Nightcaller so the security is very high there, so if we did go we would have to expect something from the place.

@arbitar222

3 жыл бұрын

@@courtney-jadeblundred911 with the right gear, im sure you would be fine exploring 😊

@arbitar222

3 жыл бұрын

@@courtney-jadeblundred911 more to the point would you?

13:12 there must be a dummy (cutout of a worker) working within the equipment

@exploringwithnightcaller

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is as the place was used as a museum

If that was a real working mine there wouldn’t be any ventilation there would be major gas buildup it would be dangerous

Look at 13:13 swear someone is dead ir somert down there!!

@exploringwithnightcaller

4 жыл бұрын

good spot lol

@danielledavis2024

4 жыл бұрын

Is that a body then cus it looks like one from where were lookin

@exploringwithnightcaller

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielledavis2024 looks like a dumy to me mate if it had been a body I'd have smelled it 100%

@danielledavis2024

4 жыл бұрын

Goox tour of it tho was really interesting until that point lol