Westoe Colliery - Demolition (1993)
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I remember westoe pit open days
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My Dad died at the pit of a heart attack (at bank not at the face - Ronnie Brown) and as perverse as this sounds I am grateful he never saw the colliery fall. The thing people never got was that the pit was not the biggest part of colliery life - it was the social and economic impact of a pit. Miners were "big" men and I feel grateful I was allowed the privelege to know a few of them. Rest easy dad.
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all my family for generations worked here . very sad.
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Hey my uncle was a glazier and almost fell of this this bugger ! Wouldnt get me up there for a gold pig !!!! Paul
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Was a sad day when it closed, i had some good times down that manky hole, lads i did my training with were good lads, i worked in the quarter, sometimes wish i was back down there ..............................
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Spot on mate....sadly very true.!!
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this is actually the "crown" shaft being demolished
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replaced with some poorly built dollhouses made from plasterboard
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I remember the colliery being knocked down, not long before Westoe bridges were knocked down as well =(
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Don't forget the tragedy behind that demolition - the fact that Thatcher had worked very hard for years to close the mines and John Major continued the work for her.
The result was many men out of work. Some became postmen, some worked in factories. But most ended up like dinosaurs in a modern world.
The result was the DOLE, which led to bordem and despair. Their children grew up seeing the affects of unemployment and poverty on their parents. The results are now in Tyne Dock flats.
HennoGarvey 2 years ago 10
It Was a sad day when the pit closed
trsuk1 4 years ago 2