Wow, talk about bitter, as i stated in my post, the jobs were there for everyone, you too could've been a cash cow collier...XD
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Why do you think they were closed then, out of spite maybe?
If it's costing an employer more to pay you than you're earning them in return, what's the point in carrying on? I'm not surprised you all went crackers when they closed; you've never had it so good, and that's why you're so bitter, wanting to blame Margaret for not funding your job at the cost of everyone else.
I'm back to reply having just sat and watched the first part of 'The price of coal'.
Don't forget we've met! You wouldn't have lasted a ferkin shift down a pit if you'd have been put on a button job, never mind several years.
As for reality, I left Silverwood in 92 yeh 26 years ago. I adapted to a new vocation and chapter in my life and successfully worked my way through a career right at the bottom as a part time salesperson right the way through to eventually becoming a store Manager for the current most successful High Street retailer in electronics, I'll let you work that one out who I work for.
Thing is I could go back down a mine tomorrow and switch back with ease and fulfilling my role as a heading worker driving a 30 tonne machine, working in temperatures you only feel on your holidays, could you?
Haha, why do you think they were closed? spite might be one reason, getting rid of a powerful union to enable you to absolutely pillage the country might be another, take a good look around you right now, the country and it's communities are in a right state, that's been engineered for many a year, and you're one of the people who've allowed it, sat back and watched it happen, all the while blaming the wrong folk. I can say this, i had a go, a good go, and can sleep easy in that knowledge....
Another little snippet of fact for you, my pit, Silverwood was still making big profits when it was closed in 1994, i wonder why that was then, and that goes for many others also...
Just for clarity for you, when we went on that strike, it wasn't about money, ask yourself a question, do you think 200k men go on strike, for a year, for a pay dispute??? The fact is it was obvious to most what it was about, shame you couldn't support that eh.