Remember this as a nipper. Used to go to work sometimes at seafield with my maw that worked in the office, sure she was at dysart as well. I got to see the lifts and all the men going up and down, hanging up or lifting their checks from the board. And saw seafield demolished in 1980 something, too young to remember exactly when.
Hello Iain I’m wondering if you can help, A few years ago I was on a family tree site and someone gave me a link to my late aunt getting interviewed about the fife coal mining ,I guess what it was like in its coal mining heyday. Unfortunately I have lost the RU-vid video link of this which I guess was probably made in the 1980s ,thought you may be able to help , My aunts name was aunt lexy , Many thanks
Iain Chalmers (at 10 seconds) my sister in laws husband; he took us both down the pit when it had been mothballed; we went down in the cage and walked back up; a bloody long trek too. Saw some of the old seams that were worked on; glad I had the experience as my Dad and his family were miners; showed me the bloody awful conditions these guys worked in for a "living"? wage. Re the comment from BollockBrain - you named your self well!!
The Brown you mention is Wullie Broon Kirkcaldy organizer during the strike. His fether wis an Overman in Seafield you boys could'nt have been very active you don't know Wullie.
@theclitfinder that pic at 3.32 with wee charlie has my dad ronnie curran in it...hes in the row in front of charlie sitting in the window seat...mick brady on window side of charlie not sure who the guy on other side of charlie is...think guy next to my dad might be paddy o'sullivan, might be wrong tho brave men all of them going down there to work to keep this country going, glad to be able to say its something ive never ever had to do
@biggadge3108 Yes it is Pat O`Sullivan. I know all your family, including you very well. The guy next to wee Charlie is called Brown. Maybe Bill, can`t remember. My old man was 43 years in the "Randy" but I was never going doon the pit.
@bigiain1968 Don't know if you've heard of New Labour, but whether or not to prop up lame duck nationalised industries with public money stopped being a debate about twenty years ago
Going by the standard of comment that you have made and the quotes you have expressed i would advise that you direct your frustration towards your education provider and to look for further learning opportunitiies, When you do please come back and we can debate this subject further.
Keep paying me twice the average manual wage for digging a product nobody wants or freeze, you bastards. For taking on the playground bully and teaching him a lesson, I salute you Maggie.
god bless jimmy starrs,sacked for lifting coal off the bing at polkemmet colliery,jimmy had 5 kids and came fae harthill,scabs hing ure heeds in shame,reckon the gates were open when you went up to heaven jimmy
