Pit Pony Reunion
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Pit Pony Reunion
- Tettenhall
- 1982-09-17
Pit Pony Reunion (Central News)
A heart-warming reunion for two old mining comrades in the autumn of their lives.
Baggeridge Colliery at Sedgley had been the final working mine in the old Black Country coal field when it closed back in 1968. The blackness of the coal had given the region the informal name, which has stuck ever since.
In 1982 there was an emotional reunion between Baggeridge head horseman Harold Walton, and a surviving pit pony called Blaze who, by then an incredible 40 years old, was enjoying a well-earned retirement in a horse sanctuary at Tettenhall. Harold looks back nostalgically to those hard days spent underground hewing the black gold with his four-legged pal.
The former head horseman from Baggeridge Colliery is reunited with his pit pony, Blaze.
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Pick of the Litter: Fluffy Tales from the Midlands
Some things never change - we were suckers for cute animal stories decades before the internet came along.
In the 1980s, before smart phones made it easy to scroll through video after video of distilled animal cuteness, regional television news was one of the few (and unexpected) sources of fluffy diversion. Their closing stories (also known as 'And finally...' reports) were generally lighthearted tales, designed to leave the viewer with a warm fuzzy feeling, having sat through the doom and gloom that may well have featured earlier in the programme. The quirky animal story was a sub-genre of the 'And finally...' and a precursor to the snappy posts we see on our phone screens today.
The films in this collection showcase the unique animals that brightened up the living rooms of the Midlands, just when they needed them most. So put your phone away and settle down for a little while - we have some delightful distractions for you!
10 videos in this collection
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Pit Pony Reunion
2
Boots for Horses
3
Dog Joins Musical Theatre
4
Mathematical Dog
5
Siamese Cat
6
Pet Python
7
Cat Fosters Chick
8
Rottweiler Police Dog
9
Animals introduced to Shelton Hospital
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