Black Snow | Telling the stories of the Oaks Colliery Explosion
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2018
- Winner of the Best Research, Black Snow looks at the explosion at the #OaksColliery in #Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which despite being the world's worst industrial loss of life in the 19th century, was a tragedy that remained relatively unremembered until 2015, when a group of ex-miners, trade unionists, and local historians attempted to raise money to erect a memorial for its 150th anniversary.
The film tells three interlocking stories: the story of a historical #community devastated by the disaster, struggling to survive; the story of a contemporary community, decimated by the loss of industry, rediscovering itself in the struggle to remember; and the story of a sculptor, struggling to make one last masterpiece.
It features an original score by BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Jed Grimes and Mercury Music Prize winner Robin File.
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Watched in rembrance of my four ancestors lost in the disaster. Appreciate that this movie was made to tell the story.
Just found this film about the Oaks Disaster and it has brought tears to my eyes. Those poor people and what they went through, we don't know we are born these days :-(
My family was from this area of Barnsley and Cortonwood...always an air of apprehension and grit about them...an austerity that came from knowing not only there might not be a crumb on the table tomorrow...but they may not be alive...stories of the horse and cart taking the bodies up the Pit Lane as klaxons sounded...and the village folk lined up on Cortonwood Hill in bitter wintry winds...who had gone this time? Grief takes time to heal...many gaping open wounds I sense...not only from the work, but the after effects of the Strike and Pit Closures... I have only more thing to say to thee Mrs T...gizza a job!
I lost three relatives in this dreadful disaster. I was stunned when I found out. I've been researching as much as I can but this is a very informative film.
I lost a great great grandfather.George Marshall.. He was 29years and left a young wife and 3 small children .. I'd heard something of it through family.. But only through genealogy did I realise how bad it was.. He wasn't found until the January and it wasn't recorded until Feb.. Very sad
i’m watching this for school work. i just can’t believe this happened! i’ve recently moved to barnsley so i’ve never heard about this before
Hi person I am doing the same
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Heartbreaking account of the abuse the working class suffered, I am proud to say I was brought up in the Barnsley area and this had me crying like a baby
Very emotional to watch, great short film.
May all our fallen coal miners Rest In Peace. .⚒️. This was a very informative video of the disaster and what is being done in remembrance too the lost souls ...
Don't know if I lost any of my family at the oaks minining disaster but certainly did at lundhill as that's where I'm from and can still see the golf course that's situated on the old colliery site with the larger concrete blocks over the shafts I used to play around the shafts as a junior being careful not to slip in I would have been lost for good down them. And going to Corton wood with my spade and getting slag for my home fire during strike. Wheeling it home in barrow especially during that winters snow.
Well done, just heard about this on BBC arts and ideas.
Thanks Bob. We're on TV this week Thursday December 12, 18.30 Together TV channel.
@@stephenlinstead7336 thank you for this film.. Much appreciated
Hello Stephen. I'm Rob Linstead from Conisborough, any relation?
Hi Rob - quite probably. My dad was Ron Linstead and my Grandad Albert. My grandad was the youngest of 8 and they lived in the Dearne Valley - Cudworth, Grimethorpe, Hemsworth, S. Elmsall. There was a branch of the family that we lost touch with but I knew when I was younger. I have a half brother I never met - I think called David. And Paul Linstead used to play rugby at Barnsley as did I but we never met as he started playing just after I stopped.
HiRob - I don't know but it's quite likely that we are connected as my family have lived in and around the mining areas north and east of Barnsley (Pontefract, Rotherham, Doncaster} since the time of the Oaks
My school is sending this out for people to watch so hi people at my school
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@Olivier Karcz yes Oliver
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You can always tell a miner cause when he talks never uses the word the especially in Yorkshire.
Oh boy this comment section is about to get ruined with the people from Horizon!
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