Syczyglowice

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 21st Year

Issue

Issue No.

4

Date Released

Dec 1967

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Syczyglowice
2. 2Nottinghamshire - Rained on!
3. 3Nottinghamshire - Clean Fun
4. 4County Durham - Hot Time in the New Town

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

NoS synopsis: Szczyglowice, a new colliery in Poland, is more a community than just a mine
NCB Commentary - In Poland they’re still opening new mines. Syczyglowice is already turning out 600 tons a day and is due to produce 9000 a day by 1970. That’s 3 million tons a year - for a hundred years ahead.
And this isn’t just a coalmine - it’s a community. Experienced miners from other pits started up the colliery, and men entirely new to mining are being trained. 3 years ago there was nothing here: today there are 4 1/2 thousand men - and everything they need for modern living.
From this elegant office, the manager runs the mine - and has created the community.
For miners and their families he has built shops. There’s already one school, with another building.
And a health centre is going up to look after the welfare of everyone.
Minerds who work at Syczyglowice get accomodation right by the colliery in blocks of apartments like this one for bachelors, and in houses for families.
A mining family this size needs feeding. So there’s a farm, run by the colliery. The greenhouses are the versatile manager’s own design.
And there’s room for recreation - a park and lakes, which actually double as the colliery reservoirs.
How about this? A dance floor on a tree, with children’s playground underneath.
The men of Syczyglowice and their families are proud of their community. They’ve come a long way in 3 short years.

Keywords

Mining

Locations

Poland

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Films on Coal Catalogue   1969, p.54
The National Archives COAL 32   /13 Scripts for Mining Review, 1960-1963

Credits:

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Production Co.

National Coal Board Film Unit