In the early 70s i spent many shifts driving a loading shovel we would take pit waste across and tip it into the sea which was always black in the summer we would have along lead in the winter storms the tip would disappear into the sea we would sè old men picking coal into bags then push tye bikes up the cliff face men would be on the beach with fires going on winter nights i was told the tip end best place for cod
Cheers for the comment, I remember in the Early 90s, just as the pit was being ran down, the huge dumper trucks going down to the beach, and the sea being black with waste coal (It's crazy how much coal was wasted, and here we are in a self made energy "crisis" in the UK). I love local stories, thanks for sharing.
I watch your videos with great pleasure, in some places I even laugh with you, a beautiful non-tourist place and a beautiful, cold sea, thank you
Thank you! 😃
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It's not an oil rig it's repairing out flow pipe from dawdon pit workings
Thanks, I didnt think it was, it was a platform, but I didnt know what it was or wehat to call it. Thanks for letting me & others know.
In the early 70s i spent many shifts driving a loading shovel we would take pit waste across and tip it into the sea which was always black in the summer we would have along lead in the winter storms the tip would disappear into the sea we would sè old men picking coal into bags then push tye bikes up the cliff face men would be on the beach with fires going on winter nights i was told the tip end best place for cod
Cheers for the comment, I remember in the Early 90s, just as the pit was being ran down, the huge dumper trucks going down to the beach, and the sea being black with waste coal (It's crazy how much coal was wasted, and here we are in a self made energy "crisis" in the UK). I love local stories, thanks for sharing.