Consett Iron and Steel Works 1950s - 1960s, Part 3 of 3

[hudson501]

Wow! Look at these guys in front of the open hearth furnace! No hard hats, no silvers (protective suits from the heat and sparks), hardly anything but goggles and gloves! Took a lot of guts to work in this steel mill years ago!

[ImUreLuckyStarx1]

Too bad the steel works got closed. :(

[sprintdevil]

is that our mate hitler????

[TheWacoKid1963]

Whats the railway station at the end?

[silver760]

What a wonderful country Britain was,as I grew up at the end of the eighties I saw what remained of our once vast industries pulled down one by one,by the nineties they had killed it all.All we have now are tiny 5 man bands and the assembly sheds of big companies,who ship parts here to assemble purely for import tax purposes,cars cost more to import than parts.A sad fate for what was the workshop of the world.The country is now full of unskilled unemployable men with no work but service work.

[strobx1]

@silver760 It isn't much better here in the United States. Now it's China that's prospering @ peoples expense. I guess stupidity is international!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RBTCLD]

these old blokes did it tuff. these blokes told all us melters these days the tricks of the trade. telling the temp by eye and so on. fuken good on em

[cebudave]

Great to see this, my uncle worked at consett iron company for a while.