Packing Up and Moving Out

Packing Up and Moving Out

1967
29min

Two mining families make the decision to move from Northumberland to Nottingham.Bevercotes Colliery in Nottingham is one of the most modern in Europe, and the National Coal Board wants to recruit its workforce from pits that are due for closure in the North East. One of the communities affected is Ashington, a traditionally close-knit mining village with its roots in the 19th Century that is home to generations of mining families. How will life compare for those uprooted to the brash new housing estates of the Nottinghamshire coalfields?

Packing Up and Moving Out

Storyline

Two mining families make the decision to move from Northumberland to Nottingham.Bevercotes Colliery in Nottingham is one of the most modern in Europe, and the National Coal Board wants to recruit its workforce from pits that are due for closure in the North East. One of the communities affected is Ashington, a traditionally close-knit mining village with its roots in the 19th Century that is home to generations of mining families. How will life compare for those uprooted to the brash new housing estates of the Nottinghamshire coalfields?
    Released
    20 December 1967
    Runtime
    29min
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    BBC
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