ukdobby Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Used to travel through Shireoaks to work,got stopped many a times by the pickets whos said hope your not gonna work,now we replied going to Dormer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Used to travel through Shireoaks to work,got stopped many a times by the pickets whos said hope your not gonna work,now we replied going to Dormer. What happened next -did they let you pass?Are you sure they were nt plain clothes coppers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 There were cost of living and comparability issues then-in the 1970s inflation averaged 10% and over. Because everyone was on strike every five minutes! What did the miners do with their money? Invest it for the future? Or **** it up the wall imagining that they had it made forever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gym_rat Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Because everyone was on strike every five minutes! What did the miners do with their money? Invest it for the future? Or **** it up the wall imagining that they had it made forever? oddly, the miners were first in the queue to buy their council houses with their NCB payouts when Mrs Thatcher introduced "right to buy" didn't stop them taking their 30 pieces of silver, did it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 oddly, the miners were first in the queue to buy their council houses with their NCB payouts when Mrs Thatcher introduced "right to buy" didn't stop them taking their 30 pieces of silver, did it? The houses were the property of the NCB,effectively tied cottages.Very few miners lived in council properties.The right to buy preceded the strike by several years anyway.Like I said,you stick to teaching PE and I will deal with both History,and Politics,even Economics if pushed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepsendlane Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 There have never been more people going to university than there are now. If they want to do a degree in media studies they can. If they want to do law or medicine they can. If there really isn't the work here for those degrees - go to a country that has got the jobs. And if you aren't bright enough to go to university, what's wrong with working in a call centre or stacking shelves ? Money aside, why is working down a pit a "better" job than the two you've just looked down on ? I do not look down on any one. What I do believe is that the rich Industrialists have taken our industries abroad so as they can take advantage of people who will [must] work for pea nuts. This has lead to our own youth having to take jobs that are soul destroying and would at one time be regarded as not jobs for fit young strong men. It has also lead to the unemployment among the young that is prevail ant in areas such as Sheffield today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Because everyone was on strike every five minutes! What did the miners do with their money? Invest it for the future? Or **** it up the wall imagining that they had it made forever? Were n't they a part of the Big Bung where the Stock exchange allowed loads of working class people to make ££££$$$$$$£££££? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayggb Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I had left the pit by the time of the strike.At the time I thought Mrs thatcher has a great ally in Auther Scargill,he was falling for her every trick.Thatcher knew he was vain and played on it,he danced to her tune. The north is the pauper,the south east is where the money is still circulating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I do not look down on any one. What I do believe is that the rich Industrialists have taken our industries abroad so as they can take advantage of people who will [must] work for pea nuts. This has lead to our own youth having to take jobs that are soul destroying and would at one time be regarded as not jobs for fit young strong men. It has also lead to the unemployment among the young that is prevail ant in areas such as Sheffield today. What, strong men can't work in an office ???? Bizarre. Newcastle suffered at the hands of the Tories and have turned it into a really vibrant city. I'd wager their unemployment figures aren't as bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Sheffield has high unemployment because it has been run by socialists since forever and so many of our youth have appalling attitudes to work and think they are entitled to a good living simply for existing, despite having no marketable skills to speak of. Other northern cities such as Manchester, Leeds and the aforementioned Newcastle have largely moved on, cities such as Sheffield and Liverpool (and Glasgow) are still stuck in the 70s and suffer for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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