I lived on one of those prefabricated NCB housing estates, Coalville Estate at Weston Coyney in north Staffordshire, from being a seven years old boy in 1954 to aged 21 in 1968. It took the NCB twelve months, from late 1953 to late 1954, to build the entire estate of over 400 houses. The houses were only built to last for ten years and after that the steel rods inside the reinforced concrete began to rust away and the estate began to seriously decline. Eventually, the NCB sold off the estate to various private absentee landlords and the estate really went into serious decline. But a private company took it over and demolished many of the houses and replaced them with new upmarket ones and also refaced and restored many of the original houses, rebranding the former mining estate with a new name, Weston Heights. These days, it looks very different to how it looked in 1954.
My "Uncle" Albert left South Wales to work at the Bedworth colliery. He lived in a house like this, much nicer than the grey S Wales valley town he left. I visited him in Bedworth last in 1972
God. What a horrible job. Poor guys digging under the ground. I'm sure the announcer has never been near a mine or even touched a lump of coal. (except, perhaps, in his Christmas stocking?)
Oh, bfi films, you have entertained me with your classic footage once again.
I lived on one of those prefabricated NCB housing estates, Coalville Estate at Weston Coyney in north Staffordshire, from being a seven years old boy in 1954 to aged 21 in 1968. It took the NCB twelve months, from late 1953 to late 1954, to build the entire estate of over 400 houses. The houses were only built to last for ten years and after that the steel rods inside the reinforced concrete began to rust away and the estate began to seriously decline. Eventually, the NCB sold off the estate to various private absentee landlords and the estate really went into serious decline. But a private company took it over and demolished many of the houses and replaced them with new upmarket ones and also refaced and restored many of the original houses, rebranding the former mining estate with a new name, Weston Heights. These days, it looks very different to how it looked in 1954.
My "Uncle" Albert left South Wales to work at the Bedworth colliery. He lived in a house like this, much nicer than the grey S Wales valley town he left. I visited him in Bedworth last in 1972
How do I get to see Issues of the Mining Review for 1954 that the BFI do not hold
wow this is like my home town
I was born in Coppice Drive Dordon in 1957. That is Kitwood Ave Dordon
God. What a horrible job. Poor guys digging under the ground. I'm sure the announcer has never been near a mine or even touched a lump of coal. (except, perhaps, in his Christmas stocking?)
@goldkhw well said
Shame Thatcher came along in the 80s and craped on the once respected miners
Aye, they should have tuk her doon there and shoved her in the goaf!.. it wud hae chased aal thi mice oot the pit!
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Bob’s your Uncle
Israel Downton what sort of jew name is that lol