My Brother started at Bestwood Colliery Nottingham in the 1950s..could't go on the coal face until he turned 18 .. when he did we at home was happy a coal allowance and a warm house in winter .. then at 21 he was in a TB Sanatorium for 12 months .. gone the coal allowance back to cold winters , he never recovered properly and died in his 40s ..he very rarely spoke to me ..AS a footnote as we all hated Margret Thatcher but how would she have handled todays problems of Migrants and Muslims .. ????
My Brother started at Bestwood Colliery Nottingham in the 1950s..could't go on the coal face until he turned 18 .. when he did we at home was happy a coal allowance and a warm house in winter .. then at 21 he was in a TB Sanatorium for 12 months .. gone the coal allowance back to cold winters , he never recovered properly and died in his 40s ..he very rarely spoke to me ..AS a footnote as we all hated Margret Thatcher but how would she have handled todays problems of Migrants and Muslims .. ????
Thatcher would have battered the migrants and sent a message don't come your not wanted, she probably would have declared economic war on the countries sending the migrants. Ruthless woman.
A job for life? The miners cared nothing for the rest of the UK the working class. They were militant, greedy and arrogant …..despised., They were unsupported by all but a few militant unions. Thatcher had the balls and brains to beat them, an enduring victory for the country. The enemy within destroyed. The only heros, those brave 'scabs' who defied 'flying pickets' aka ignorant thugs who used violence to deny decent men their right to work. And Scargill in his luxury Barbican flat in the City of London, all paid for by the MUM + a wealthy man for life.
Moving story...I am from Cortonwood...went to the school there, fell in love there, used to run by the pit often, my family worked there, my mates worked there...I ended up at S Kirkby...man from there killed...my best mate committed suicide...it was a battle between people versus profit merchants...rich wishing to be richer...and the workers and unions were stopping them getting at otherwise easy pots of money, and changing the landscape for future workers, and their rights...and the masses...it was a scam, backed by bent coppers, led by bent politicians...and supported by the bent rich...it's fair to say it wasn't as easy as they thought...and I was so so so disappointed when I heard of the ballot to go back...plenty of us wished to keep going...and we can never be defeated...so long as our heart remains in the right place...then we have won...for in spirit land, we're forever miners, united, we will never be defeated...
There is no need for strikers to attend their workplace, in order to strike. They can just stay at home, and STILL strike. The Police were called because the strikers were trying to prevent non-strikers from going into work.
Correct + the people who were heroes were the scabs + brave men who faced violent thugs led by the Marxist Scargill who has now become a wealthy man on NUM funds. Thatcher had the balls and brains to stand up to thew enemy within.
We now see Labour voting against mining communities who would have predicted that! Burnhope in Durham is known as the village that refused to die no matter who are against us! 2024.
We were robbed! Greedy, ignorant, arrogant and entitled this man is deluded. A job for life but who was going to pay for it? Coal was in decline the pits made huge losses year on year. But still they wanted more pay rises, bonuses and benefits. Golden redundancy packages ere given. The miners blackmailed the country (three day week) got the highest wages of any workers but it was those workers whose taxes paid for them, miners cared nothing for their jobs. When the strike came only a few militant unions showed tepid support. The miners were divided without national support. Thatcher had the brains and balls to see them off. The real heroes were the 'scabs' who stood tall and defied very violent thugs who had no respect for their rights or a a ballot…… the Police saw them off and earned excellent overtime payments for their efforts. And yes a job for life, Scargill got one a wealthy man paid for by the NUM…… he luxury flat in the Barbican, City of London …. Marxist magic!
Nobody has a job for life,any business has to be economically viable to exist. Other people when made retrained,retired or even moved location if need be,what miners should have done too.
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My Brother started at Bestwood Colliery Nottingham in the 1950s..could't go on the coal face until he turned 18 .. when he did we at home was happy a coal allowance and a warm house in winter .. then at 21 he was in a TB Sanatorium for 12 months .. gone the coal allowance back to cold winters , he never recovered properly and died in his 40s ..he very rarely spoke to me ..AS a footnote as we all hated Margret Thatcher but how would she have handled todays problems of Migrants and Muslims .. ????
My Brother started at Bestwood Colliery Nottingham in the 1950s..could't go on the coal face until he turned 18 .. when he did we at home was happy a coal allowance and a warm house in winter .. then at 21 he was in a TB Sanatorium for 12 months .. gone the coal allowance back to cold winters , he never recovered properly and died in his 40s ..he very rarely spoke to me ..AS a footnote as we all hated Margret Thatcher but how would she have handled todays problems of Migrants and Muslims .. ????
Thatcher would have battered the migrants and sent a message don't come your not wanted, she probably would have declared economic war on the countries sending the migrants. Ruthless woman.
A job for life? The miners cared nothing for the rest of the UK the working class.
They were militant, greedy and arrogant …..despised., They were unsupported by all but a few militant unions.
Thatcher had the balls and brains to beat them, an enduring victory for the country. The enemy within destroyed.
The only heros, those brave 'scabs' who defied 'flying pickets' aka ignorant thugs who used violence to deny decent men their right to work.
And Scargill in his luxury Barbican flat in the City of London, all paid for by the MUM + a wealthy man for life.
Moving story...I am from Cortonwood...went to the school there, fell in love there, used to run by the pit often, my family worked there, my mates worked there...I ended up at S Kirkby...man from there killed...my best mate committed suicide...it was a battle between people versus profit merchants...rich wishing to be richer...and the workers and unions were stopping them getting at otherwise easy pots of money, and changing the landscape for future workers, and their rights...and the masses...it was a scam, backed by bent coppers, led by bent politicians...and supported by the bent rich...it's fair to say it wasn't as easy as they thought...and I was so so so disappointed when I heard of the ballot to go back...plenty of us wished to keep going...and we can never be defeated...so long as our heart remains in the right place...then we have won...for in spirit land, we're forever miners, united, we will never be defeated...
Which 'profit merchants'?
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There is no need for strikers to attend their workplace, in order to strike. They can just stay at home, and STILL strike. The Police were called because the strikers were trying to prevent non-strikers from going into work.
You mean prevent scabs from undermining it? They did right picketing the pits and at least try and stop scab’s getting there
@@Thepalpatineboys77 Why should anyone have the right to prevent another person from working if they want to?
Correct + the people who were heroes were the scabs + brave men who faced violent thugs led by the Marxist Scargill who has now become a wealthy man on NUM funds. Thatcher had the balls and brains to stand up to thew enemy within.
We now see Labour voting against mining communities who would have predicted that! Burnhope in Durham is known as the village that refused to die no matter who are against us! 2024.
We were robbed! Greedy, ignorant, arrogant and entitled this man is deluded.
A job for life but who was going to pay for it?
Coal was in decline the pits made huge losses year on year.
But still they wanted more pay rises, bonuses and benefits. Golden redundancy packages ere given.
The miners blackmailed the country (three day week) got the highest wages of any workers but it was those workers whose taxes paid for them, miners cared nothing for their jobs.
When the strike came only a few militant unions showed tepid support. The miners were divided without national support.
Thatcher had the brains and balls to see them off.
The real heroes were the 'scabs' who stood tall and defied very violent thugs who had no respect for their rights or a a ballot…… the Police saw them off and earned excellent overtime payments for their efforts.
And yes a job for life, Scargill got one a wealthy man paid for by the NUM…… he luxury flat in the Barbican, City of London …. Marxist magic!
Nobody has a job for life,any business has to be economically viable to exist.
Other people when made retrained,retired or even moved location if need be,what miners should have done too.
Coal mines only last so long.
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