wow, not a phone in sight... and look! peopple talking and not grunting at each other! walking with an old bsa mercury, without the thought police arresting you for carrying a weapon in public.
Wow! What a find! I worked with these lads,,,,,,and also rico's dad Alf. Also wwent St Helens college with Rico. Jimmy was a character. I also remeber this programme being on telly 🙂
Awwwr Rico not around no more he passed away , this was mint when made in leigh , iam right across road from where that colliery use be.. not a mining town any more ..
Lowton and Leigh , I lived there in the 60’s , along Slag lane , i had the best childhood , Lane Head, Pennington flash, Aspull common, Sandy lane , Plank lane , the swing bridge that my dads car waited by while the coal barge went along the canal, I wouldn’t swap living there for anything ❤️❤️
Very good, many thanks, great people, from when film-making was a craft.I thought the subtitles were unnecessary, but fair play, there weren't many of them, you didn't get regional accents on TV much in them days.The sound on the crossing the railway lines sequence at 12 minutes in compares well to the epic Tarkovsky's The Stalker train sequence but sunnier..
@@beth61962 It's from 1975. It even displays this at the end of the programme in Roman Numerals: MCMLXXV = 1975. The Steam train and railway in this film belongs to the colliery, not British Rail. Moreover, there are still steam trains running today on private railways all over Britain, so your statement 'The last steam train ran in 1968' makes no sense and is misinformation. However, the last British Rail main-line passenger steam locomotive ran on 11 August 1968. Note the difference.
wow, not a phone in sight... and look! peopple talking and not grunting at each other! walking with an old bsa mercury, without the thought police arresting you for carrying a weapon in public.
Is one of the guys Tony balmer's dad from westleyth ?
Rico Casselli, rest up man 🙏
Nice steady lurchers..
Wow! What a find! I worked with these lads,,,,,,and also rico's dad Alf. Also wwent St Helens college with Rico. Jimmy was a character. I also remeber this programme being on telly 🙂
Me Dad and Grandad worked down Bickershaw, 'Plonk Lone Pit' he called it, and he would regularly call me 'As thick as a Plonk Lone Buttty.'
Awwwr Rico not around no more he passed away , this was mint when made in leigh , iam right across road from where that colliery use be.. not a mining town any more ..
Excellent video thank you for posting
Westleyhters... God's little town in Lancashire
Good video, leigh so much different now
Its Kes with ferrets , brill , worked at Bickershaw for 15 yrs good times
is there any information on these lads,what there doing now,i would love to know
Lowton and Leigh , I lived there in the 60’s , along Slag lane , i had the best childhood , Lane Head, Pennington flash, Aspull common, Sandy lane , Plank lane , the swing bridge that my dads car waited by while the coal barge went along the canal, I wouldn’t swap living there for anything ❤️❤️
Dave Boardman. Not as in the gents and lads outfitter on Bradshawgate?
What a quality video. My dad will absolutely love this
Can't wait to get out after this 💚💛💚💛 look like grand lads
I remember Smokey the lovely dog well , used to play hide and seek with it , happy days xx
Thowd mon is Jack Hornby who answers phone at parsonage .... Proper folk from Melrose Ave Wesleyth ;)
I grew up in melrose avenue. 1966 to 1980
@@pauldraper7547 do you know my mam... Lillian?
@@jamespalmer9396 not sure mate. Was a long time ago. Bet my mum and dad did. We lived at 54.
sadly rico passed away some years ago, james is still around and Dave is a very good friend of mine
Where was this I can’t understand them lol what do they do now
Who are these ppl I know most of leigh but don't know who these are as am younger than them wud love to know
John Hart they would all about 60 now
lads off the land you smell it up on ummmm
Proper Leith mon 😂
Very good, many thanks, great people, from when film-making was a craft.I thought the subtitles were unnecessary, but fair play, there weren't many of them, you didn't get regional accents on TV much in them days.The sound on the crossing the railway lines sequence at 12 minutes in compares well to the epic Tarkovsky's The Stalker train sequence but sunnier..
What century is this?
Bill Fletcher 70s lol
75. you mean decade?
This must be the 60s but looks like the 70s . The last steam train ran in 1968 .
It's the 1970s. There were steam locos shunting coal just around the Bickershaw colliery site back then.
@@beth61962 It's from 1975. It even displays this at the end of the programme in Roman Numerals: MCMLXXV = 1975. The Steam train and railway in this film belongs to the colliery, not British Rail. Moreover, there are still steam trains running today on private railways all over Britain, so your statement 'The last steam train ran in 1968' makes no sense and is misinformation. However, the last British Rail main-line passenger steam locomotive ran on 11 August 1968. Note the difference.
I enjoyed that...
Love you Daddy, RIP☺💗 (Enrico)
Beth Casilli my dad's best mate. rest in peace
my uncles mate x
I was in your dads class at LGS for 4 years. A lovely gentle guy.
Be good to see them now
Superb film. 39 years old! Hard to believe I walk my dog round those waste tips nowadays.
Great film.............Thanks
Leigh at its best ✌🏻