O/T The Price Of Coal 1977 BBC Drama

[rolymiller]

You wouldn't want to go down a mine in case you got your hands dirty. Pathetic!

[frogmiller]

twinCAT,

I have sent you a private message via MillersMad. You should see a notification at the top right of your screen.

Ta.

[great_fire]

Coal (and steel) industries declined in France, Belgium, Germany, USA as well, for the same reasons.

The Ruhr:

The first cause of the fall of regional coal mining was the high price of the Ruhr coal due to its deep deposition and the costly methods to mine it.

Secondly, as the international trade became liberalized in the second half of the 20th century remarkably cheaper imports of coal became possible. Despite long sea passages, innovations in the waterborn traffic (diesel engines, large scale units) made imported coal cheaper than the coal from the Ruhr.

Finally, on the energy market coal was increasingly substituted by oil and gas. The coal from the Ruhr was no longer the dominant source of energy and had to undergo a radical devaluation.

https://www.metropoleruhr.de/en/land...el-sector.html

[great_fire]

A few different accents feature. Dee-dah , Rotherham, Barnsley, West Yorkshire. The accent inspector will be up in arms.
And don't get him started on Ken Loach!

He's a southerner isn't he?

All Northern accents sound the same to them.

Hence none of them noticed David Platt having a Leeds accent in Corrie when the rest of his family were Mancs.

[gm_gm]

Both my Grandads worked in the pit and they both hated Thatcher, however, they hated the pits more and both agreed that they should be shut down.

[great_fire]

Both my Grandads worked in the pit and they both hated Thatcher, however, they hated the pits more and both agreed that they should be shut down.

I don't think anyone wanted their children to follow then down.

In the later days it was different though, a lot safer and better paid.

[rolymiller]

They must be turning in their graves at your avatar gm.

[gm_gm]

They must be turning in their graves at your avatar gm.

Both cremated Roly so possibly not

[Exiletyke]

Both my Grandads worked in the pit and they both hated Thatcher, however, they hated the pits more and both agreed that they should be shut down.

Funny old world
Both my Grandads worked in the pit & they both hated it,however,they hated Thatcher more & both agreed that she should be shut down.

[Exiletyke]

I don't think anyone wanted their children to follow then down.

In the later days it was different though, a lot safer and better paid.

Yeah in the later days it was a breeze