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.

@user-nj4no9py6p

Ай бұрын

Уважение мужчинам.

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.

@azambresonia5056

6 ай бұрын

@russ : direktly went in my mind. "because of the comradeship" Greetings from Hamburg Germany

@user-gm6lc7py5x

6 ай бұрын

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Aye it's a sad fact our coal mining industry is all but gone ⚒️

@BestUserNameUK

Ай бұрын

I was a fitter at Agecroft (North Western Region).. Now a mental health nurse.

@IhateMexicoPooping

Ай бұрын

Our school houses in kelty are named after our coal mines Aitken Blairinbathie Lindsay Mary

I think these people are heroes because they do the hardest job in the world to take care of their families.

@-FreeMiner-

4 ай бұрын

Beat job in world

@ZulkifliJamil4033-x6s

Ай бұрын

These miners had done their best to bring up their family members plus contributions to the country and community.

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!

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 🤔

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.

Great movie...I'm an ex miner in Ruhrgebiet and coal-mining were and is my life❤. Best job and great buddies

Fascinating story but sad in many ways

I wish I had friends this close and a job that rewarding. Happy to see this.

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

Britain will regret giving up on the coal industry.

@MisterKatz

6 ай бұрын

Our planet will regret it if we carry on like this.

@idhatemet00

6 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? .....

@byteme9718

Ай бұрын

The coal is still there.

My dad was a miner from Wigan. He loved that job. So proud to be a miners daughter ❤️

@BestUserNameUK

Ай бұрын

I worked at Agecroft.

@lisacunningham5786

Ай бұрын

@@BestUserNameUK my dad roy was also a fitter at Agecroft 🫶

One of the best documentaries I've ever seen....thx.

Awesome history/documentary! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing. Very interesting. Respect for all those "MEN"

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.

I really love the way you guys cover the documents.ill always be your fun❤❤❤

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

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.

has me CRYING BUDDY HUGGING ALOL HIS MATES'

RIP Sheldon

@BobLeeSwagger910

28 күн бұрын

Is he dead? 😢

Fabulous documentary. I loved the commaraderie among the lads. Change sucks!

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.

nice and sad to see sadly, Is al the equipment and machinerie still there?

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

@project182r3

3 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.

@byteme9718

Ай бұрын

All these years later and you still can't see the reality. Just how did striking achieve anything?

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.

@FruitMuff1n

14 күн 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.

Amazing

Good on ya fellas

Closing the coal to buy power from Russia made from coal

@Geoplanetjane

6 ай бұрын

Really? What about wind machines?

@sicks6six

6 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

@joecummings1260

6 ай бұрын

​@@Geoplanetjanethose things put out very little power, the capacity Factor sucks

@lownsbrough22

6 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

tough Men CRYING SHOWING THEIR loVE 4 EACH OTHER,

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.

So does England have any open cut mines

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.

I wonder what they’re wages where.

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.

@project182r3

3 ай бұрын

Your mums enjoyed lots of UK boys

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..

I personally think the coal mines should continue for now.

Sheldon griffiths ever do any manual work ..??

Sheldon will be swinging from rafters 😂 good northern humour in hard times

U had to have Big BALLS to even consider being a Miner let alone B 1.

? DId kellingley have a pipe band?

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When was this doco made. are all the pits closed i know they open cast mine coal in the uk

Sheldond were a deputy whos never done a manual days work in his life ffs ..man hes a joke

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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?

@ceciliahayward2239

6 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.

@idhatemet00

6 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

decent hardworking people cast aside and thrown out with rubbish. not right, really felt for them.

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.

loosing jobs, but the owners earns millions

I think ,no I know it’s wrong to shut our pits. Lack of any thought from our politicians.

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.

Go for a tree change immigrate to Australia heaps of minds around Chin up think positive

من فضلكم ترجمو لنا الصوت باللغة العربية العريقة

@falloutprojekt

6 ай бұрын

English is easy language

Suicide of the West ☠

Northern soul is such an oxymoron 😂

Can l translate it into Maya's language? Please.

Please, translate sound in portuguese

@noahingram8052

6 ай бұрын

Por ya ma geez

Still a miner 😂 we have plenty mines left I do real mining tho coal is for dumb miners

@Wayne55231

5 ай бұрын

wtf are you on about?

@roaddog6201

5 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.

Is this a place where Jimmy Savile started his career?

No coal miners no America