COULD YOU SURVIVE THIS WEEK OF HELL, BURIED ALIVE THE NINE LOCKS PIT DISASTER BLACK COUNTRY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- Today the Black Country History Hunter looks into the tragic pit disaster which befell the local local of brierley Hill in Dudley, west midlands.
join me as we visit the spot ans talk about the locals involved in 19th century coal mining in the black country.
this tragic accident happened at the Earl of Dudley's 29 pit at the wallows colliery also known as Nine Locks Pit
Great Video. Interesting fact - Residents of "The promenade" (Off mill street) were so miffed off with the mining in the area, they clubbed together and bought the mining rights off the Earl of Dudley for the ground under their homes and then vowed never to mine it - Hence why the Brierley Hill flats were built where they are - There are no shafts underneath them to produce possible subsidence.
Is that so very interesting.. that's a lot of coal left undug
Chuffin brilliant.. another great showcase Jamie 👏 loved it 👍
Glad you enjoyed it, see you soon, I hope.
My 3x Great-grandfather was George Skidmore, I only found out about him and this disaster through doing my family history. It's really surreal to be able to watch this and see a photo of him. Thank you for this brilliant content.
You should be proud of him he is the one character in the whole disaster who stood out as brave man, and he gave his food up for the young ones their a true black country hero
Honestly astonishing. My Great Gran was Skidmore and I just about remember her. She lived in Brierley Hill flats and I remember watching the Merry Hill monorail from her window. She would have been his granddaughter. Lovely to hear this story, I'll share it with my extended family
One of these men was my great great grandfather, John Handley, Ive seen the name Hanley used instead of Handley at times, my father and his father, were both called John Handley
I know a few Handleys and one of know looks like the guy in the photo .. it was only a few generations away.. All these name's are local names
Great video. I used to play around there when I was a kid and I remember that deep shaft... We used to chuck house bricks down it....they must have fell for 5 seconds or so.. we used to climb the old tower over the pit too. Dangerous but fun.
Interesting video mate. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Really good well done. Said with passion. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it sue 😀... more to come soon !
Another brilliant video, well done Jamie, can’t wait for the next one
Thanks david
Watched a lot of your early posts. Will be catching up on your recent ones 😊
Thanks, and I really hope you enjoy them Helen, great to hear from you
Lovely video mate . Great to see you posting again
Thanks, hellen... got lots of video ideas. We are lucky our ancestors left us a rich tapestry of events, more fantastic than any fictional story
Good information content bud 😊
Thanks 👍 really appreciate the support
Your back ❤🎉
Could you do a video about the tipton slasher ?
Yes I have considered it I did do a tik tok short on him vm.tiktok.com/ZGe635vuN/
Really interesting, thanks.
No problem, really enjoy making them . Thanks for the comment
Is that St. Michaels Court in the photo? Got knocked down in the 90s?
Not sure which one you mean .. can you elaborate please
@@BlackcountryhistoryhunterBCHH where you can see the flats in the background.
Yes it will be then yes
Love the information of black country also just known smoke in background is that the bread factory fire
Where? I remember that a bit ago way too much smoke
@@zackdoom it was an industrial area towards merryhill
No, it's an effect I put in sorry guys ... I did witness the bread factory go up though