The Lancashire Mining Museum
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2021
- In this video we visit the Lancashire Mining museum. Formerly know as Astley Green Colliery. This is a historic mine / colliery in the Lancashire coal field. This video is about indutsrial heritage and the history on mining in the Lancashire coal field. We also look at the last surviving pit head gear in Lancashire. We see some great old victorian machinery. We can also see Fred Dibnahs old pit head he had in his back garden.Which is here at the Lancashire mining museum. We also take a look at the old winding engine at the museum. Pit head winding engine.
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Lancashire Mining museum lancashireminingmuseum.org/ Northern Monkeys CZcams czcams.com/channels/N7TdXwfb4dBvTk678RM4TA.html The link to Danny's artwork video czcams.com/video/D1pqadIQRwA/video.html
You mentioned Fred Dibnah, now that would have been a collaboration, when Fred met Martin.
it looks like they have given Fred's coal mine head gear a coat of paint
R.I.P Fred D what a legend
Brilliant, I,ve been to Astley pit quite a few times, back in the 60s and early 70s my parents ran a rescue team , Rochdale Civil Aid, set up for cave and moorland rescue, they did mines rescue training with the Boothstown mines rescue service and spent quite a bit of time down the Astley pit
We had a brilliant day 😁 learnt quite a bit about the place from this video I'm looking forward to our next visit 💙💙💙💙
It was a grand day guys, well enjoyed it
Just subscribed to your channel thanks to Martin and this mining vid . Look forward to seeing your content 👍🏻🙈🙈🙈
Very nice to see Fred Dibnah's pit headgear being preserved. I loved watching the programs when he was building it - god rest his soul. I am sure I also remember him visiting this museum in it's earlier years, I think it was around the time Fred was making his last appearances on tv. I remember him marvelling at the large pit headgear, hoping it would be preserved. If it was this museum he was visiting then it's very fitting that they have his pit headgear to look after. Fred would be delighted to know that both his headgear, and the mines headgear was being preserved for future generations. Great video Martin, very interesting.
EDIT: Just got to the part of the video where you mention the headgear is at risk. That is so sad to hear, such a massive part of our countries industrial history, I do hope they can preserve it.
Was there coal under Fred's place?
If you haven't already been, Beamish is an absolute must.
I was there three days back - if you like this channel, you will love the place.
Worth it just to see Fred Dibnah's pit head gear. I think that he had dug at least 25+ feet down - all beautifully brick lined. Sadly, time and Bolton Council were against him. The bloke was a genius, and a true 'Man out of his time'. 2004 was a bad year. Three people died who meant a lot to me: My dad, then Fred Dibnah, and then the DJ John Peel.
What a fascinating place. I'd love to visit someday. I'm sitting in sight of a Welsh 'Thomas & Williams' Miner's safety lamp as I watch this: my dad's family came from Mountain Ash in Wales, and there were miners amongst them. That beautiful winding engine reminds me of the massive machine, known as 'Moloch', in the 1926 movie, 'Metropolis'. Thank you so much for sharing. Nice one. Superb music, as always.
Thanks very much Brian, interesting comment
There's some lovely videos of Astley Green from the late 60's on a channel called Gandy Dancer Productions. They're converted over from 8mm film. They mainly follow the locomotive workings but will give you a good idea of the place when it were still working.
Golborne..my home town...and remembering my old school pal Brian Sherman...cheers Martin
Excellent. I love those Protector lamps. I have a couple of them here. My grandpa used to work down the pit here in Nottingham. I have vague memories of him taking me around there when I was very young, never went down obviously, but we had a wander around the surface workings. I can just about remember all these fellas with jet black faces and huge white smiles saying hi to this little kid.
Great to see Freds pit head winding gear went to a good home after it was auctioned off.
Yeah definitely the perfect place for it
Glad you met Marilyn, she's a star.
Yeah she is wonderful to chat to Colin
10:35 She is an absolute riot! 😄
Just what I thought
I Met her today myself 👍
Fantastic! What a place! That winding machine was unreal! So glad someone had the foresight to save it! The pit head really needs to be preserved! Even a bit at time! The guy in the light room was really knowledgeable too! Nice to see Danny and his amazing work! Thanks Martin!
Martin, you are without a doubt a master wordsmith!
I could spend a week just drooling over that engine. Look at it move, 3300 horsepower calmly pushing and pulling.... It really doesn't care what's at the end of the cable, whatever it is is going to move, end of discussion.
Reminds of that episode of top gear with a steam locomotive...300tons just the locomotive and they got wheelspin while doing 70mph. Steam is just awesome.
Maximum torque at zero revs. Try *that* infernal combustion engine!
The pit cage used to do 70mph I was told when I was there.
@@nophead yes that is correct on coal /material winding 55 to 60 per second on man riding 45 feet per second
Hi Martin. The mineral line down to the Boothstown basin ran from Mosley Common Colliery north of the East Lancashire Road and there is still access under the Lancs if you know where to look where the steam locos used to run. When my mum and dad moved to the area in 1969 the steam locos were still active. There's still the odd bit of ironwork lying around but nothing like what there was until the late 80s when the whole site was accessible and kids could play on it. They filled the shafts with rubble and you could stand on top of the shafts if you dared - you knew it was a long way down. There's a slight gradient down to the basin so a free-wheeling wagon would have run all the way down. In the 70s and 80s kids used to swim amongst those sunken barges and railway waggons and you could find pike swimming between them. Health and safety was a big thing back then as I'm sure you remember ; )
when i visited my relatives in yorkshire we visited the CAPHOUSE MINE... it was very interesting... i worked 38 years as an australian underground coal miner.... thanks for posting
Fantastic place and the staff are so friendly. 👍👏
Imagine the days down the pit before industrialisation, a candle and a pick was all you had, plus children were sent down as well.
Really enjoyed that! Lancashire... God's own County! 👍👍👍
A mate of mine used to work and know those poor guys who lost their lives at the Golborne Pit disaster. A great vlog Martin and those guys certainly rise to the occasion.
I'm so happy you mentioned our late freds pit top at the beginning... respect
big respect
great place , glad you came back to this one
That guy in orange did a great job explaining all those masks and headlamps etc. This retired office worker understood it! Many thanks to him ☺
That bloke is me 😅😅 glad you enjoyed listen to me waffle on
Martin, what a day you must have had, I wish I was there to enjoy the day. That head-gear is huge, all the work just make it. Love the B&W pic's as they really add to the story. The machine / engine room is amazing, what a day. The volunteers were a great group of people. Just think how hard of a job that was for the workers when the mine was still active. Another work of art from Team Zero. Thanks for your time and work in posting.......
My grandad worked and died there, aged 52 Jack Graham. Thanks for covering this.
I used to live down the road from Astley but never went. Regret that. I knew someone whorked there.Was very much a wet pit which led to its demise. So many dangers and hazards. We should never forget the sacrifice of these men. Peerless stuff as usual, Martin.🇯🇪
Thanks Ivan, I cannot imagine being a miner in the early days, so dangerous
Was just mining my own business when this popped up.. excuse the pun.😂 great vid Martin as always. Be a massive shame to lose that.
Fantastic martin, love the old photos and diagrams too. Tfs 🔴🟡🟢👍
Very interesting that guy telling you about the lamps certainly knew his stuff, though's lamp lights looked like a load of Dalek eyes with the different colours, thanks Martin looks like you had a fun day.
That guy is me 🤣 I have a Facebook page called TheLampMan. I repair and service protector lamps.
@@theatlanteanlads8298 You look very cuddly haha I am weird
@@TheBanana93 nothing wrong with that 🤣
Martin, here’s some stuff on Lancashire boilers and the winding engine.
Lancashire boilers are a modified form of the single flue “Cornish boiler” invented by Richard trevithick which increased the heating area of the fire in a boiler. A Lancashire boiler has two flues, (the big holes down the center) which gives even more heating area for the fire.
The winding engine is probably what’s known as a twin tandem cross compound steam engine. It’s a twin, as it has two sides of cylinders, and a compound as the steam is used first in the smaller cylinder and then exhausted into the bigger cylinder where it is used again.
Excellent video by the way,
Douglas
That was fantastic Martin and well done the poeple who saved the building and that lovely machine from
demolition.
I'll have to make a visit! Beautiful engine, a tad bigger than the winding engine I operate at Blists Hill - ours is still steam powered though 😊
I've seen yours running, it's not all about size :-)
Great informative video. Love this old stuff of our British history👍🏻
Awww! This was so interesting. Thanks to Sam and the cameraman. I liked the costume dress up, it made things more real for me. Blessings and love to you all.
Check out Astley Green and Walkden Railway Adventures - lots of footage of steam trains running around Astley Pit.
Those machines are still! poetry in motion. 👍
The car in the old photo is a Volvo 340, first launched in around 1976. Great work as always Martin.
I am glad someone else is a car nerd - the Vokvo 340 was based on the DAF 55. DAFs were amazing on hills, either up or down, ironic for a car from Holland.
It not so grateful when one of the two drive bands went bang, they really did go with a bang too. Ford resurrected the idea with CVT but with more sturdy bands.
I used to love watching Fred
loved fred
Brilliant work from you Martin, and the Northern Monkeys. While there are people like you making these videos, our precious industrial heresy will be kept alive. Fred Dibnah would have loved your films, glad to know his pit head is still extant.
Thanks very much Nick
Mega👍👍could listen to that lad behind the counter with all the apparatus and torches and stuff all day long...
Superb video Martin , what a place and that engine is mind blowing 🤯🤩🤩🧱👍🏼
Thank you Martin , for bringing me along !
I,m a proud coal miners daughter, when my lovely late dad started working underground, he had to use a pick axe to get the coal off the seam. I truly believe it's a very hard dangerous job. Over the decades the beams collapsed and buried the miners and children who also worked underground. My dad started at the lyme pit, wood pit in earlestown, lancashire,now known as Merseyside. The last pit he worked at before it was demolished was parkside colliery in newton le willows, merseyside.
Yeah that sounds good. I'd love to
Just poured a hot coffee and ready to watch.......
Went there today thanks to your video, we had a fantastic day. Going back next weekend as they will have the engine running, plus some of the railway engines and some big traction engines are going to be there too. ATB Dave.
I was there myself today an what a really interesting place it is unfortunately the Engine isn’t working at the moment due to maintenance but hopefully up an running next month. Also seeing Fred’s tower there was a real treat I think he would approve. I would recommend this place to anyone. I’m going back there when the engine is working 👍
I was brought up in Tyldesley. a couple of miles away, as a teenager I visited Astley Green in the 1950s when it was working and had a glimpse of the winding engine. The Winder had a very responsible job and nobody else was allowed in the winding house - especially when there were men in the cage!
Lovely to see the engine restored and running although I think the days of 3300 horse power are long gone.
Well done Martin
Cracking video pal as always Fred Dibnah would of liked this one 👍
Thanks Judd, yeah brilliant place
That was so interesting thanks so much for then share thanks so much please stay safe and take care
So interesting.. thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤞🏻
Cheers Martin and the gang. Excellent vlog as usual. If you're into mining - get yer arse down to Big Pit near Blaenavon in South Wales. It's a National Museum site - so free entry! They run underground tours of some workings and there's plenty to see up top. Also Cefn Coed Colliery Museum is worth a visit at Crynant in the Neath Valley - have a fantastic winding engine in full working condition. Best wishes.
Martin, you never fail to come up with really meaty stuff and this is another fine example. Thank you for all your efforts. Cheers
Always interesting and fun video keep it up cheers Rob
Wow! That machinery working 😍 huge shaft!
What an extraordinary place, I could spend weeks there looking around and learning. Thank you for sharing
I Love the industrial heritage stuff this is a fantastic video. Love old mines Thank you Martin great stuff Mate. I live near the National Mining Museum at Wakefield.
Thanks Rich. I'd like to visit there
What a great place to visit, definitely on the list now, the guy showing the lamps and giving us stories of the working mine was fascinating.
That pit head engine - what a bit of kit, and some twat wanted to knock it down, hope he's hanging his head in shame!!! That was educational Martin, learnt a lot there, especially with the enthusiastic volunteers👍🏻❤
So glad you got to return here, been looking forward to this, absolutely fascinating 👏❤
Brilliant, bucket list item.
Absolutely Fantastic vid martin especially on the big telly 👍👍👍
I adore your videos. They are pure joy to watch and also very educational at the same time.
Another cracking vid Martin thanks.
I always was thought "damp" as in gas was connected to wet but I just remembered German for vapour (or steam) is "dampf". So it is a really old word. Makes you realise how long people have been mining in Britain and recognising the dangers. Great video Martin thanks!
Wonderful video Martin. I hope to visit your beautiful, historic country when things get back to normal..Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦
Thanks Brian. I hope you do visit
A great place, used to do an absolutely spanking carboot sale in the summer... alas!
If you go down the canal towards the colliery, you can see the ghost of the dock from when they brought for or dispatched materials from the colliery via barge!
Crowd funding could be great to raise the funds to repair the gear head!
Absolutely brilliant, seeing grown men smile like kids, defo gonna visit there 💪
Brilliant Martin as always. So much information on mining. Thanks.
Fantastic video Martin 📹 👏 I've visited there a couple of times pre lockdown. Great crowd of volunteers there. :-)
Great video Martin. Thanks.
Absolutely fabulous martin
This was fantastic!
Hi Martin I just like watching the mining in Europe and the shafts that were made. I know that we have some big mines in the US but I love seeing the ones you have. Watching the winding wheel was great to watch move. Thanks for the video.
Thanks very much Johnny glad you enjoyed 👍
you read my mind , i thought the plate was a cravens at first , love a good builders plate , collected a wall full if you remember the photos tracy sent you of our garden , a class 40 builders plate has just come on ebay for 1 350 . you should have seen tracys face , , all the very best always from nick and tracy in wigan , still in lancashire
Superb interesting video of another age. Thanks for posting. I will visit here one day.
Thank you, well worth a visit
Fabulous video thank you guys , how very lucky our we to live in this generation, very brave men ! its been a great vision into yesteryear !
Great video. Thank you
superb video, a place on the "must visit list."
Yes, well worth a visit 👍
Awesome work Martin!
Awesome love the place. York train museum good place thanks Martin
Thank you. Ive been there but its a while ago
Love places like this, Beamish is a wonderful place as well people should visit if they get the chance.
Yeah I would love to go to Beamish
That was great Martin,
What beautiful old machines, carts and steam cabins you name it, awesome to be able to watch with you, my heart is beating very enthusiastically, wonderful.
The big machine inside, that was really cool, the sound alone and the size of it, wow very impressive.
Nice volunteers and very sweet too, luckily the artist also has a passion for beautiful flowers, he does well. Loved it all thank you so much, and hopefully millions of people will come to donate their money, to refurbish and keep everything. Love Roos 🙋🏻♀️🌹🥰🤗👍🏻👊🏻
I used to work as a builder and the company I worked for had a big contract with British Gypsum, and one of our jobs was to go down into the mine and brick off old shafts. I spent nearly three months going down every day with the minors, we had to gear up then jump into a couple of Land Rovers and drive a mile into the side of the Pennines. I have fond memories of it as all the minor were a lovely bunch of guys always cracking jokes, and they would even let us have a go at the blasting which was great fun, the air pressure change would make the lunch cabin door bunch about as if someone was on the other side frantically trying to get in.
Great Days😀
Looks like a great place to visit, and not that far away!
An interesting Mining Museum, here in Limburg Netherlands there are also a number.
Wonderful to see the machine at work.
That sounds good to visit
Thanks for sharing
That winding gear reminded me of when I went to the Haig colliery in Cumbria. I still have the tally they gave to each schoolkid as a keepsake. That mine went out under the Irish sea.
Under the sea, thats a frightening thought Mark
So interesting video would like visit one day thank you from NZ
Very nice video martin ,we went there some yrs ago plus went to there fire work displays great night out fire work night , , great place
Brilliant that never knew about it I will definitely visit.
Think you Martin for nice video see you next week
Fantastic video Martin. One of the best ever. This is somewhere I have always wanted to go. As a suggestion maybe think about a trip to the Boulton Steam Museum some time in the future.
Fab video Martin. Thank you. ….
Martin this is a brilliant video right up my street cheers mate 😊😊😊
Looks like a great place to spend an afternoon.
Music also great on this one, one of my fav Martin Zero tunes 👍
Brilliant Martin. I remember when GMC was restoring the winding house and I actually went on the roof.
Very interesting will need to visit them Thanks
I went there in 1999, and it was nice to look around then but the mine engine wasn't working. Its great to see it all now !
Cheers Malcolm, be good to go back and see it running
Brilliant !!!