GUESS WHAT?

Series

Series Name
Mining Review 10th Year

Issue

Issue No.
12
Date Released
Aug 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1FUTURE DEFINITE
  2. 2GUESS WHAT?
  3. 3SONGS OF THE COAL FIELDS: "The Blantyre Explosion"
  4. 4SKY’S THE LIMIT

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
BFI synopsis: 96-year-old winding engine
NCB Commentary - What is it? ... that’s the question. A merry ground? A stirring machine perhaps? - No, it’s not either of them. Maybe this will give you a clue - yes, you’ve guessed now. It’s a winding engine and it’s 96 years old.
Tom Hurst, himself 60, has been winding for 40 years, 33 of them st Shireoaks Colliery.
In two years he’ll be working on electric winder, and the idea doesn’t please him. "You can feel a steam engine", he says.
Certainly this old vertical engine is the sort to make you sentimental. 96 years old and still going strong.
Researcher Comments
Commentary recorded 8th July 1957.
Keywords
Mining; Engineering; History and archaeology
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.12 No.137 March 1958, p118.
The National Archives COAL 32   /12 Scripts for Mining Review, 1956-1960
Credits:
Production Co.
Documentary Technicians Alliance
Sponsor
National Coal Board

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