The last winding engineman at Bickershaw colliery, Leigh, Lancashire.
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NOTHING TOO SERIOUS? Bickershaw Colliery, Leigh, Lancashire 1877-1992 The Last Working Year & Closure of Bickershaw Colliery Is a visual record of life and death of the last pit in Wigan, produced by the last enginewinder to work there "This a testament to the demise of the once great Lancashire coalfield.This video is made with the intention of preserving on film, Bickershaw Collier, not just for me and you but for our children and children yet to come." Cliff Reeves. Running time approx. 60 mins. (PAL format only.) £16.00 incl p&p |
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BLUE SCARS BLACK DIAMONDS Memories of Mines and Mines in the Wigan Area. The Wigan Metropolitan Borough was built on coal. At one time over half the male population was employed in the mining industry. This video traces the history of coal mining from small bell-pits employing only two or three people to the large collieries employing two or three thousand. Photographs, cine film and personal recollections of mining in the Wigan area give a fascinating insight to a time when blue scars and black diamonds were a common sight. Running time approx 55 mins. (PAL format only.) £16.00 incl p&p |
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BLUE SCARS BLACK DIAMONDS (2) Memories of Mines and Mines in the Wigan Area. Over the last fifty years, the skyline of the Wigan Borough has changed beyond recognition. The colliery headgears and tall chimneys that once stood proud, have all but disappeared, the fire that once turned water into steam has been extinguished and the miner walking back home down a cobbled street is something from the dim and distant past BLUE SCARS - BACK DIAMONDS will take you back on a journey to those days. Flat cap[s, black faces, pocket watches ad clogs. Also featured are mining disaster, pit brow lasses, transport and the pits past and present. Running time approx 55 mins. (PAL format only.) £16.00 incl p&p |
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Cliffs work on the village os Standish, nr. Wigan. Lancashire.
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This video traces the history of the village of Standish from its beginnings in the 12th cent. to the present day. Included is the history of Standish Hall from, its construction in 1574 to its sad demise in the 1980's, Sir Ralph Standish and the Peasants Revolt, forgotten stations and railway lines, St Wilfreds Church, cinemas in the village, The history of the Grammar School, mines, miners, the old well in Market Place, the now demolished Girls and Infants School, Dickenson Day and the last Remembrance Sunday of the 20th Cent, featuring Standish Brass Band and the people of Standish Running time approx. 60 mins. (PAL format only.) £16.00 incl p&p |