How does a young boy, ill educated and who left school at 14 who became a Deep seam coal miner at 15 get to be one of the top DoP's in the UK TV industry.. Tavelled the world in First Class..5 star accom in some of the most desirable locations in the world..How did he do that?
I did..
Perhaps it was the terrifying daily drop into the bowels of the earth in a tiny compartment called a cage..it had four layers. Four men crammed into each layer squatting, knees interlocked..in that confined space and when the 'cage' was fully laden the wireman took off the brakes and it plummeted 400 metres down a ten foot wide hole in the ground..The Shaft.. at freefall speed..It automatically slowed down when the brakes came on as it reached its unloading point. I was claustrophobic ..the drop was horrendous..and when we alighted we then had to walk a mile or so down dark damp tunnels to reach the coal seam which was just over 3 feet tall. Once in there it was impossible to stand up for the entire shift.
Some years of this convinced me I had made the wrong career choice and so I decided to change tack. I wanted to travel t around this beautifiul Planet..make a lot of money and hopefully meet some pretty girls.. It was a major leap...almost impossible..But I did it ..More on this in the next post..stay with it.
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