Hello! I am familiar with the area, but am much too young to have gone there while the mines were still open, so were the heaps really prominent? I just can't imagine the place with heaps of waste everywhere
I was a Printer in Uk until 1980 escaping to Australia. But I fled from Thatcher to end up Working for Murdoch.😂 I remember Weeks on Picket lines, Strike Pay but foremost 'Never be a Blackleg ..!' So this song hits home, I wasn't covered in Coal dust and in fear of Underground Death. Instead, I Stunk of Solvent and would Struggle to wash ink from fingernails and Hair..! And left the Industy minus a finger..! Like a Few in my trade, working on machines bigger than Buses, things got rather Heavy and Dangerous too..! Join a Union Guys, they can be a Pain, until you really need them. Yes I Vote Labor to Stop my Dad Spinning in his Grave..! Cheers to All, Brother's and Sister's. 🛠
Delaval and Seghill are not coalfields. Seghill was a mine between Ashington and Lynemouth. When I was working in the industry circa 1968 the mine had closed but the headgear was still standing. Delaval is about 1Km from Fenwich Colliery where I was acting Undermanager in 1972 before I moved to work in Nottinghamshire. I sometimes perform this song.
Whats the difference between a mine and a coalfield? We do not have much mining in Ireland but I once worked with a guy from Leitrim who worked in Arigna one of Irelands few coalmines.
@@jgdooley2003 coalfields are large areas where coal can be found…..mines are dug in coalfields…..probably the most famous are the south wales coalfield and the northeast coalfield
Black legs were generally middle class students that took the job of policing the trains and taking the job of those that were striking. It's a song from Northumberland with a vast amount of coal fields at the time, all but gone know....just know what you are singing about.
Any disharmony in such dangerous jobs as mining, construction etc. the workers HAVE to get along with each other. It is all too easy to "engineer" fatal accidents in such workplaces in former times.
@@psn9086 CCTV and other automated forms of oversight make modern times different in this respect. Not good for upkeeping wage rates in modern manual jobs.
Love to know if you know Delaval and Seghill is?? I'm from there. My Great Grandad derailed the Flying Scotsman in 1926. Went to prison for 7 years....proper commy. Be careful what you sing with no knowledge.
Absolutely brilliant guitar playing by RT. Loved the drumming too.
Great version from RT. Love the drum...
Sir Richard Thompson, an irreplaceable natural resource that is self-sustaining.
I am a Delaval boy born and raised. This is stuff i grew u listening to as old guy in the miners wellfare would sing tunes
Hello! I am familiar with the area, but am much too young to have gone there while the mines were still open, so were the heaps really prominent? I just can't imagine the place with heaps of waste everywhere
Very good rendition of the song.
I've heard this before, but this is a brilliant song sounds great 👍,
Form an ex South Wales Coal Miner,
Steeleye Span, They are fantastic too.
like this version, slowed down more than fear of drinking or steeleye span,the drummer adds a lot to this as well.
Never heard this before! Thanks for uploading! Brilliantly performed!
Working men and Women of all lands unite.
Crucial in these times.
sure and them inbetween
I was a Printer in Uk until 1980 escaping to Australia. But I fled from Thatcher to end up Working for Murdoch.😂
I remember Weeks on Picket lines, Strike Pay but foremost 'Never be a Blackleg ..!'
So this song hits home, I wasn't covered in Coal dust and in fear of Underground Death.
Instead, I Stunk of Solvent and would Struggle to wash ink from fingernails and Hair..!
And left the Industy minus a finger..! Like a Few in my trade, working on machines bigger than Buses, things got rather Heavy and Dangerous too..!
Join a Union Guys, they can be a Pain, until you really need them.
Yes I Vote Labor to Stop my Dad Spinning in his Grave..!
Cheers to All, Brother's and Sister's. 🛠
Brilliant ,thank you
Gah, he is just the best! Love RT!
A song from my youth
Delaval and Seghill are not coalfields. Seghill was a mine between Ashington and Lynemouth. When I was working in the industry circa 1968 the mine had closed but the headgear was still standing. Delaval is about 1Km from Fenwich Colliery where I was acting Undermanager in 1972 before I moved to work in Nottinghamshire. I sometimes perform this song.
Thanxs Howard, good to hear those corrections from a real mining professional.
Whats the difference between a mine and a coalfield? We do not have much mining in Ireland but I once worked with a guy from Leitrim who worked in Arigna one of Irelands few coalmines.
@@jgdooley2003 coalfields are large areas where coal can be found…..mines are dug in coalfields…..probably the most famous are the south wales coalfield and the northeast coalfield
Black legs were generally middle class students that took the job of policing the trains and taking the job of those that were striking.
It's a song from Northumberland with a vast amount of coal fields at the time, all but gone know....just know what you are singing about.
Any disharmony in such dangerous jobs as mining, construction etc. the workers HAVE to get along with each other. It is all too easy to "engineer" fatal accidents in such workplaces in former times.
In our times too.
@@psn9086 CCTV and other automated forms of oversight make modern times different in this respect. Not good for upkeeping wage rates in modern manual jobs.
Bluehorses did a great version of this.
Is that dropped B tuning......EADGAE?
Could well be. Thompson is a wizard and dares go where mere mortals would fear to tread.
Seems like DADGAD or DADFAD.
My Great Grandad went to prison in 1926....he derailed the Flying Scotsman. Please know what you are talking about.
Love to know if you know Delaval and Seghill is?? I'm from there. My Great Grandad derailed the Flying Scotsman in 1926. Went to prison for 7 years....proper commy. Be careful what you sing with no knowledge.