Britain
Coal miners in Britain don't work naked in the mines, but of course coal mining is dirty work, as can be seen by the face of the guy at left, so the miners have to wash up at the end of their shift. This is at the Tower Colliery in south Wales in 1993.
Miners washing each others' backs at the Tower Colliery, 1993. Tower Colliery shut down in 2008.
Miners showering in an unidentified Welsh colliery in 2007.
The Last Miners is a 2016 BBC documentary about workers who lost their jobs when the last British deep coal mine, in North Yorkshire, shut down in 2015.
This clip shows the miners showering after their shift. Not being as prudish as us Americans, this British documentary doesn't blur or pixellate the nudity, rear or frontal, including one miner grabbing anther's junk from behind in the shower.
By the way, the bottle of Fairy that one miner says is the "best degreaser ever" is a British brand of dishwashing liquid.
5 comments:
miners: what an hard work
During a European tour, we stopped in London. The BBC had lots of frontal nudity, which surprised all of us Yanks. Puritanism has stayed with this country's sensibilities. Damn shame that we make people ashamed oft heir bodies.
Don't go to Germany or the Netherlands and watch the local TV!
I have always thought that coal mining is not only a cramped, physically exhausting job but also high risk - from mine accidents and also lung diseases and cancer from the coal dust. Unfortunately, in the US we are increasing coal consumption to create more electricity. I think coal miners have a camaraderie because they all share the horrible working conditions and health risks.
That cute bearded guy didn't look dirty at all--yet he was the most eager to get in the showers and start scrubbing on his mates, lol.
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