I had kids during g miners strike and got nothing, zilch, fekin zero fact. The above response was to your quote on the state of the unions Pre Thatcher saying it was unions fault they were on strike and the rest of my reply which you be conveniently missed off verifies this don't use Mrx's tactics.I worked at Houghton main as I told you before working with your favourite cousin Roly.
Nudger, do you think the fact that she went about it in the wrong way is indicative of the fact that she didn't give a fook about regenerating the coalfield areas??
Even though most miners did not want to work underground, leaving mining was a very very difficult thing to do. Basically because, like me, miners were frightened of the outside world..........we knew nothing else other than working in a very hostile unnatural environment. One of the strangest things for me was when I first had to work with women, which I'd never done before. As a miner women were viewed much differenly than what they were in the wider world. It was very very strange to speak to a woman as an equal working partner. Now how daft does that sound. And this was only a few decades ago. Other miners who i have spoken to have all said the same. I remember working on the pit top on a few occasions. There was two nice looking women that used to work in the main offices. When they walked down to the canteen at dinner time everybody in the pit yard used to stop work and stare at them in silence. Sounds weird, but thats how things were back then.