Derelict site of DAW MILL colliery north Warwickshire, England.
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TODAY’S SUBJECT is a look at the deserted site of what was one of the largest coal mines in the UK, Daw Mill.
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Worked on the drift back in early 80s at Daw Mill.
Stop the video at 4 .36- look at the right hand side of the screen- where the tree line bends round, that's where the No.2 shaft (upcast) was, the next defined area is where the stores were, and the next one down is where the No1 shaft (downcast) was- just for clarity, almost in the middle of the image you can see some reddish shrubs, make a line from those shrubs at almost 3 o clock and you will hit the site of the No.1 shaft , hope this helps.
That’s brilliant. Many thanks. Just the sort of details that means so much.
I had a lot of family members work at Daw Mill for many years .
I went for two interviews there in my teenage years but could never get in there .
Shame it closed down .
Very interesting. My dads family were coal miners in South Wales. Where I went on my holiday. There were no slag heaps in your video. So good they had cleaned them up. In Wales they did a lot of regenerative work and they look just like very green hills. I did go down Keresley Colliery as a lad . Quite an experience in the dark with hard hat and head lamp.
You are quite right Paul, I hadn’t really thought of that. There again the pit has only been operational since the 1950s and maybe they had a smaller amount of waste or they manage to dispose of it in another way. One of my sisters lives in Bolsover, Chesterfield and there are vast areas of grounds around there, which are now green and young woodland, which were extensive areas of waste material from the mines.
U do a good job my friend I do the same pick up rubbish
Good to hear. Thanks
The mine closed February 2013 due to a fire on 32s coal face
the official date of closure was 9/6/2013 as the pit could not shut until everyone was off the books and I was the last man on the books.
Any idea what the miners did to secure new jobs after the mine closed? Did the government have any programs to ease the transition?
A quick Google search reveals that the miners were paid around £50,000 a year and severance pay was 12 weeks which would work out to be £11,500. Another job with that sort of pay would be difficult to find.But there are many companies in the Midlands that deal with ‘logistics’, so they need warehouseman and lorry drivers.
Most retired the amount they earnt,some went Australia to mine and others went thorsby before that shut too
Thanks for the info Mick. Sounds like you were in the middle of the situation?@@mickeydrippin
Some of us got jobs at places like ocado or jaguar Land rover.
I imagine most of the lads now have retired or very close to retiring. I retired 3 years ago just before my 52nd birthday, I'm now living the dream.
@@Pharos234 I worked in the surface stores for 3 years before it shut.sad day
Should be left for wildlife, nobody needs to “clean it up” no money needs to be spent, let nature do its work.
A very good idea Richard, but there again it might be advantageous to remove the toxic tarmac and the obstructive concrete, and then leave it to nature.
@@JRLNeal maybe so but there’s lots of old colliery sites around Durham that are doing fine nature wise without clean up. But I suppose whatever happens as long as it isn’t developed on or doesn’t become a dog toilet it will do just fine
Thinking about this there are vast areas in old mining districts now returning to nature. Good thing too.