A wonderful glance back in time. I'm relitively young (b1959) and grew up in Cheslyn Hay. I remember 1960's Cannock very well, it was a nice little market town in those days. When I left school in 1975 our choices were rather limited, a lot of my school mates went down the pit, they didn't know it at the time but their careers in the coal mining industry would be short. I'm not sure whether it was a blessing or a curse but my brother and I chose the army instead. Good video, enjoyed watching.
There had been a few generations of my family that worked as miners from the mid 1800's to the mid 1900's, the earlier generations worked underground as coal Hewers and the last generation were surface workers, all from the Brassington family who lived in Hednesford.
This vid has to be from at least the early 90s though, I remember Hednesford High Street getting Modernised, as with Cannock. I was born in 1986. That being said it's a great educational video.
At 26.05 , that looks like the Baptist Chapel in Arthur Street , Chadsmoor. When the Boys School closed in Church Street , we moved to Burns Street , this was used as a overspill Classroom. Mr Pilsbury taught here for a couple of years , until it was all sorted out with Boys and Girls mixed. It was also used as a Youth Club and Sunday School. GP.
How did you get this video , Did you get permission from the people who made it as it is copyrighted, I converted this from a old video cassette tape to DVD with permission from the owner, I left a line down the right side , that is how I know its the one I did, you have taken the copyright notice of, and you have also taken my name of also, not good is it of you . Romulus.
Thank you so much for uploading! An important historical document.
A wonderful glance back in time. I'm relitively young (b1959) and grew up in Cheslyn Hay. I remember 1960's Cannock very well, it was a nice little market town in those days. When I left school in 1975 our choices were rather limited, a lot of my school mates went down the pit, they didn't know it at the time but their careers in the coal mining industry would be short. I'm not sure whether it was a blessing or a curse but my brother and I chose the army instead. Good video, enjoyed watching.
There had been a few generations of my family that worked as miners from the mid 1800's to the mid 1900's, the earlier generations worked underground as coal Hewers and the last generation were surface workers, all from the Brassington family who lived in Hednesford.
This vid has to be from at least the early 90s though, I remember Hednesford High Street getting Modernised, as with Cannock. I was born in 1986. That being said it's a great educational video.
At 26.05 , that looks like the Baptist Chapel in Arthur Street , Chadsmoor. When the Boys School closed in Church Street , we moved to Burns Street , this was used as a overspill Classroom. Mr Pilsbury taught here for a couple of years , until it was all sorted out with Boys and Girls mixed. It was also used as a Youth Club and Sunday School. GP.
0.48 shows a Mark 3 Granada (not to mention a 'B' registered Polo), indicating that the film dates from 1985 at the earliest.
Thank you for rhis
Dude these are so cool! Cant believe how different it is now! Where did you find all of these?
Scargill killed Cannock.
The pathetic thing about it is,they still blame Thatcher.
How did you get this video , Did you get permission from the people who made it as it is copyrighted, I converted this from a old video cassette tape
to DVD with permission from the owner, I left a line down the right side , that is how I know its the one I did, you have taken the copyright notice of, and you have also taken my name of also, not good is it of you . Romulus.