[danielsan]

Two workers at the Pendlebury Colliery, Near Manchester, England make a few animated gestures with their arms. One raising his hat in the air, he then bumps the other with his shoulder as he is walking away.

The other man doesn’t respond, so he slaps him in the back of the head and it kicks off. A few punches are exchanged before they clinch and stumble into the crowd. A bystander kicks an item they have dropped.

The video cuts forward a short time and they are still punching, then cuts again and the two men are gone. A group of males walk from the left of the frame, perhaps they have just finished breaking it up? We will never know how it ended.

[William May]

OH, Heavens!!! The Fisticuffs!!!!!!!
They can't be Chavs, because those haven't been invented yet. They must be miscreants, idlers, layabouts, and galoots!

And, membership in "Presenting Reality" used to be just 4 pence!
Check out the section on "Streetlamp Lighter's Antic's".
And the one on "Whaler's Fails" is really epic!

[William May]

Those yokels have a LOT of energy left after working a 10 hour shift.
Raise the shift hours to 14 at once!

[Stevieaitch]

They playing up for the camera. It would be quite the thing at that time for the workers to be filmed. There are a few examples of playing up for the camera in that youtube channel that puts these restored films up and the one in this thread.

[William May]

Originally Posted by Stevieaitch ↗

They playing up for the camera. It would be quite the thing at that time for the workers to be filmed. There are a few examples of playing up for the camera in that youtube channel that puts these restored films up and the one in this thread.

I kind of thought that. Everyone around them is smiling, so it's like 2 co-workers who are always screwing with each other.

[dan-b]

[koipin]

Certainly light on their feet.

[Brynjar]

The evolution of human behavior hasn't moved forward much since 1901.

[Ferocity]

Cool