Grandad.Malky Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 I think I'll stop referring to the miners' strike when folk stop talking about the 1966 World Cup final as though it were yesterday. They are both milestones that will never be erased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 I heard a rumour they're re-opening Grimesthorpe pit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 The difference is that the mining dispute was not caused by economic reasons but was an attack to avenge Heaths defeat. Pure vengeance.Nothing else. The mining industry was admittedly in decline but thatcher used the power of the state to destroy the mines and the men who worked them. Spot on, and welcome from me to this bearpit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penno Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 I heard a rumour they're re-opening Grimesthorpe pit. Grimesthorpe in Sheffield or Grimethorpe Barnsley?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 I heard a rumour they're re-opening Grimesthorpe pit. Who is? The last miners who worked in this area have redeployed 25 years ago. Even if they could do it, it would not be with Yorkshire labour, or even English labour. Once again it would be humiliation by having foreigners coming in to do our work for us, because Maggie wanted us to be servants. And that is all we are these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Grimesthorpe in Sheffield or Grimethorpe Barnsley?. Yes - a superfluous 's', I meant the Barnsley one. Although there was a pit in Grimesthorpe many years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penno Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 In the 70s the scabs from the 1926 strike were still being shunned. The only thing that ends the bitterness of those involved is death and even then it passes into working class history to remind us what the Tories are all about and what they are capable of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 In the 70s the scabs from the 1926 strike were still being shunned. The only thing that ends the bitterness of those involved is death and even then it passes into working class history to remind us what the Tories are all about and what they are capable of. By god penno , you a breath of fresh air and most welcome. Dont let me down, and tell me you are trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penno Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 By god penno , you a breath of fresh air and most welcome. Dont let me down, and tell me you are trolling. No Im not trolling Artisan but merely giving an opinion based on my own experience. Many working class people today dont know how far we have come from the time when workers were used up and discarded when they had outlived there usefulness. Whatever mistakes the Labour party makes when in government they will never be a match for the intentional damage that the Cons will inflict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 No Im not trolling Artisan but merely giving an opinion based on my own experience. Many working class people today dont know how far we have come from the time when workers were used up and discarded when they had outlived there usefulness. Whatever mistakes the Labour party makes when in government they will never be a match for the intentional damage that the Cons will inflict. Good Man;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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