thatcher and scargill

[Davey1970]

watching the news, waiting for the miner's strike to come on, a remember the day's as a young lad, hard time's, marriege's broke up, lifetime workmate's fell out, and good hard working bloke's even killed themselve's because of the hardship this no win situation caused.

a take my hat of to all you ex miner's out there.

[toonboymc]

I Davey just texted my dad he stopped out for the whole year mate mam n dad ran the soup kitchen from st oswalds church shiney row hard times mate he fell out with loads of his mates who went back early proud man and stubborn mate

[toonboymc]

Remember solid leather footies from russia

[Davey1970]

I Davey just texted my dad he stopped out for the whole year mate mam n dad ran the soup kitchen from st oswalds church shiney row hard times mate he fell out with loads of his mates who went back early proud man and stubborn mate

hello mick lad, nowt stubborn about it,
it was proud and humanity,
did you know that there on about opening bate's pit , in blyth.
because found 8 million tonne's of coal that wasn't there when thatcher was in power.
make's sense m8 eh

[toonboymc]

My dads got a plaque on his wall for stopping out he reckons it cost him £7000 wages but wouldn't change a thing picket lines digging duff down the lines and running kitchen mate

[Davey1970]

they were the day's m8,

hence, hand line......!

[Winton]

Costs less to import the stuff these days the munes arnt cost effective in this country

[EFC FOREVER]

I did my scaffold courses with some ex miners and when they explained 2 me what ghey went through and how they had been stiched up by yhe government it made me really feel for them pround working men waiting in yhe bread line these lads were from the barnsley area and ghey had said they never decommissioned half the machines all yhe did was encase yhemnin steel because one day when its viable they will re-open them
Nothing to do with maggies fella investing in a polish coal company about 6 months before she started to close the pits
And people in london wonder why she was hated......

[The Jester]

I was 23 at the time and didnt have it as bad as lads who had mortgages and families. I really felt for those at the time. But would i do it all again....yes, without a doubt.....The Russian soap was the best, you couldnt get a lather out of it to save your life...

[toonboymc]

I was 23 at the time and didnt have it as bad as lads who had mortgages and families. I really felt for those at the time. But would i do it all again....yes, without a doubt.....The Russian soap was the best, you couldnt get a lather out of it to save your life...

Well said my friend

[regpude]

Stubborn.

I Davey just texted my dad he stopped out for the whole year mate mam n dad ran the soup kitchen from st oswalds church shiney row hard times mate he fell out with loads of his mates who went back early proud man and stubborn mate

i was one of them STUBBORN miners,it was hard going but as davey 1970 says im a proud MAN.would do it again given the chance.

[toonboymc]

i was one of them STUBBORN miners,it was hard going but as davey 1970 says im a proud MAN.would do it again given the chance.

Well said reg mate what pit mate

[regpude]

westoe

Well said reg mate what pit mate

was only back a couple of months,got SACKED,through a S..B,lost ££££££ redunderse,didint relice at the time.miners CRAIC is simply THE BEST.nesa hasent got a lookin {but its canny}.ps,think davey 1970 has started a saw thread,could turn nasty? hope it doesent.

[regpude]

Marra

Well said reg mate what pit mate

thats us,proud men.

[OuTkast76]

My father in-law was at Westoe pit too