MrSmith Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 just to add what ive put above i got married 4 weeks before the strike , i lost my house as well after the strike not to the building society but to the council the wanted there rates money and would not wait many thing had to go after strike for us to get back on the long road to clearing my debts which took us nearly 2 years to pay off , yes things were hard but i would not be a scab i had pride in me not to do that you had to learn to do with out things came a priority , i did go flying picketing and i did some times come home with a few scrapes even on 1 ocassion 2 broken ribs which was done by 4 coppers that were hell bent on grabbing who they could to arrest just for standing on a picket line , and yes she did use the army as well till the queen told her to stop useing her army for her personal fight . things were hard money was a luxury which we did not have a for a full year remeber 1 full year no money to buy food or other stuff all we got was food parcels there was soup kitchen for the real worse off who had no familys who could help out i went 1s but then gave my place up so another bloke could feed his kids , as i had family that could help me and the wife out but if you ask all them in there they would not go back and scab , yes towards the end some did go back before the strike ended , the strike is now part of our history it will be put to rest when maggie is 6ft under and all the ex miners wil come out and celerbrate . We lived in a council house and didn't lose it despite my father being forced by the NUM and striking miners to stay out of work, at least you appear to have chosen to strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tardis Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 just to add what ive put above i got married 4 weeks before the strike , i lost my house as well after the strike not to the building society but to the council the wanted there rates money and would not wait many thing had to go after strike for us to get back on the long road to clearing my debts which took us nearly 2 years to pay off , yes things were hard but i would not be a scab i had pride in me not to do that you had to learn to do with out things came a priority , i did go flying picketing and i did some times come home with a few scrapes even on 1 ocassion 2 broken ribs which was done by 4 coppers that were hell bent on grabbing who they could to arrest just for standing on a picket line , and yes she did use the army as well till the queen told her to stop useing her army for her personal fight . things were hard money was a luxury which we did not have a for a full year remeber 1 full year no money to buy food or other stuff all we got was food parcels there was soup kitchen for the real worse off who had no familys who could help out i went 1s but then gave my place up so another bloke could feed his kids , as i had family that could help me and the wife out but if you ask all them in there they would not go back and scab , yes towards the end some did go back before the strike ended , the strike is now part of our history it will be put to rest when maggie is 6ft under and all the ex miners wil come out and celerbrate . I think that you will find that the celebrating of her death will cover a lot more groups than just the miners. Most of the country will celebrate. As for it burying the miners strike, I do not think that that is correct. The miners strike and particularly the battle of Orgreave will live in my memory forever. Never previously or since have I seen a group of police act with such thuggery as to charge on horseback at unarmed men and bludgeon them without regard to their health and welfare to the ground. It was the establishment versus the workers . It was class war. The war rages on. We have a responsibility to remember and tell the story to our grandchildren and great grandchildren and make them understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tardis Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Did I spell it wrong but then a minor is defined as someone under 16 and my father started down the mine at 13 so technically even with my error I was right. You stated that he remained a minor for 40 years. NOT TRUE! IMPOSSIBLE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 We lived in a council house and didn't lose it despite my father being forced by the NUM and striking miners to stay out of work, at least you appear to have chosen to strike. did he reap the benefits what the other miners got through the unions actions etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Add to that: He was a typical communist/socialist sympathising hypocrite who called people 'comrade' when addressing his lemmings but lived in a big house in one of the nicer Sheffield suburbs on a fat salary He scammed union funds to pay his mortgage and his staff 'lost' all records of that when it was investigated. The copper who nobbled him at Orgreave should have received a medal. He did not live in Sheffield,he did not embezzle,and the copper who nobbled him at Orgreave later sent Scargill a letter of thanks for the fame he attracted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemibr Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 did he reap the benefits what the other miners got through the unions actions etc Yes - he was arrested - a concept which current union leaders some 40 office blocks away from where the action is need not fear. Its a class thing from a bygone age where leaders lead their troops into battle but that got lost somewhere down the line and should have been re instated for the Iraq invasion as our brave lads were lead in by Blair the brave. (or not so as it turns out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 did he reap the benefits what the other miners got through the unions actions etc Yes he lost his job because of the actions of the NUM, but at least it gave him some extra years of life before dying from mining related deceases, the one thing he could never understand was why miners would want their children to work down mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Yes he lost his job because of the actions of the NUM, but at least it gave him some extra years of life before dying from mining related deceases, the one thing he could never understand was why miners would want their children to work down mine. so before he lost his job did he work for most of his life down the pit earning good money ? most jobs are dangerous but people still have to do them and if its paying good money people will work at these places and have their sons/daughters follow them into it. what amount of compensation did you receive for your fathers mining related diseases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 so before he lost his job did he work for most of his life down the pit earning good money ? most jobs are dangerous but people still have to do them and if its paying good money people will work at these places and have their sons/daughters follow them into it. what amount of compensation did you receive for your fathers mining related diseases? Zero.:huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Zero.:huh: ok but you failed to answer the other bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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