'The Old Oak' is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it's also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that has now fallen on hard times after 30 years of decline.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:24 What do we do?
00:29 My children will never see the temple in Tadmor,
00:32 Balmera, built by the Romans and destroyed
00:35 by the Islamic State.
00:38 When you have half of your country in rubble
00:40 and you see this, it makes me want to cry.
00:47 What will Syria be like in 1,000 years?
00:49 [SIGHS]
00:54 How many years to cut the stones, to lift the weight,
01:01 to imagine the light?
01:04 How many brilliant minds, how much sweat, how many people
01:10 working together?
01:15 Such a beautiful place.
01:18 Makes me want to hope again.
01:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:24 [BLANK_AUDIO]