BBC iPlayer video

[shropshirebloke]

Thanks to the Welsh Coal Mines Forum I found this:

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00jv72t/Reel_History_of_Britain_Britains_Black_Diamonds/

OK, Melvyn Bragg's an irritating little **t, but otherwise it wasn't bad.

It was filmed at Big Pit, Blaenavon, which if you didn't already know, is SUPERB!!

I loved Bragg's comment that "temperatures underground could reach 80 degrees fahrenheit"!! Our's wasn't a hot pit but we still measured 115 degrees F in the tailgate one summer night.

PS, I'm wondering if the new verification after a failed log in is responsible for the lack of posts on here recently?

[John]

What new verification?? As far as I'm aware, nothings changed.

It's still summer, it's always slow over the summer period.

[shropshirebloke]

The one you need to do when you enter your password incorrectly - which I seem to do more and more often (duhhhh!!!!).

[John]

Sept 9, 2011 3:12:49 GMT -5 shropshirebloke said:

The one you need to do when you enter your password incorrectly - which I seem to do more and more often (duhhhh!!!!).

Try saving the password then...... ;D ;D ;D ;D

[shropshirebloke]

I can't - the floppy disc thingy is full