Miners Strike And Me Itv Now

[baw 4,360]

One thing I have noticed with this thread, all the people who have said that people should get up off their arse and stop blaming, and do something for themselves all come from the bigger cities. They do not have a clue about living outside of a semi metropolis. Where there was/is limited work available once the industry that built that community was destroyed for greed of the elite.

 

Before anyone states that I am bleating again, I have not claimed dole since before the Mc Gregor plan 1978. I have always worked and I expect to work till the day I take my last breath. I ask nothing of anyone, but that does not make me blind to what I have seen happen around me.

 

TC

I moved from Glasgow to the highlands all because of work. c**ts come from foreign countries over here looking for work. Only the miners it seems can't move outside their wee village cos they are too scared of leaving the sanctuary of there wee built up community. I could find a 100 excuses every morning to stay longer in bed, but I don't. It's called motivation, something clearly lacking in a lot of folk. It's a lot easier to point the finger at someone else and say, they've destroyed my life and pass that philosophy down the generations. Don't worry lad, their ain't no jobs about, it's that b*****d thatchers fault in the 70's..... What a bubble to live in, each to there own.

[CBdogsA1 420]

 

One thing I have noticed with this thread, all the people who have said that people should get up off their arse and stop blaming, and do something for themselves all come from the bigger cities. They do not have a clue about living outside of a semi metropolis. Where there was/is limited work available once the industry that built that community was destroyed for greed of the elite.

 

Before anyone states that I am bleating again, I have not claimed dole since before the Mc Gregor plan 1978. I have always worked and I expect to work till the day I take my last breath. I ask nothing of anyone, but that does not make me blind to what I have seen happen around me.

 

TC

I moved from Glasgow to the highlands all because of work. c**ts come from foreign countries over here looking for work. Only the miners it seems can't move outside their wee village cos they are too scared of leaving the sanctuary of there wee built up community. I could find a 100 excuses every morning to stay longer in bed, but I don't. It's called motivation, something clearly lacking in a lot of folk. It's a lot easier to point the finger at someone else and say, they've destroyed my life and pass that philosophy down the generations. Don't worry lad, their ain't no jobs about, it's that b*****d thatchers fault in the 70's..... What a bubble to live in, each to there own.

 

My Father worked in the pits for 35 years, they shut. Started window cleaning which he done for a few years till he got a postmans job which he called a hobby, not a job. He is now 73 and does 'old' peoples gardens in summer and beating on a large shoot in the winter.

He clearly has f**k all motivation then. People should stop tagging others they know nothing about.

 

When the strike was on the local pub was full of us kids at lunch time eating food donated by others in the village who were still working. THATS WHY THE WEE VILLAGE STAYS TOGETHER.

[baw 4,360]

 

 

 

One thing I have noticed with this thread, all the people who have said that people should get up off their arse and stop blaming, and do something for themselves all come from the bigger cities. They do not have a clue about living outside of a semi metropolis. Where there was/is limited work available once the industry that built that community was destroyed for greed of the elite.

 

Before anyone states that I am bleating again, I have not claimed dole since before the Mc Gregor plan 1978. I have always worked and I expect to work till the day I take my last breath. I ask nothing of anyone, but that does not make me blind to what I have seen happen around me.

 

TC

I moved from Glasgow to the highlands all because of work. c**ts come from foreign countries over here looking for work. Only the miners it seems can't move outside their wee village cos they are too scared of leaving the sanctuary of there wee built up community. I could find a 100 excuses every morning to stay longer in bed, but I don't. It's called motivation, something clearly lacking in a lot of folk. It's a lot easier to point the finger at someone else and say, they've destroyed my life and pass that philosophy down the generations. Don't worry lad, their ain't no jobs about, it's that b*****d thatchers fault in the 70's..... What a bubble to live in, each to there own.

My Father worked in the pits for 35 years, they shut. Started window cleaning which he done for a few years till he got a postmans job which he called a hobby, not a job. He is now 73 and does 'old' peoples gardens in summer and beating on a large shoot in the winter.

He clearly has f**k all motivation then. People should stop tagging others they know nothing about.

 

When the strike was on the local pub was full of us kids at lunch time eating food donated by others in the village who were still working. THATS WHY THE WEE VILLAGE STAYS TOGETHER.

Is he on here moaning? Oh I get it, when we reply to folks posts on here, what we say means everyone....... Right. Good on your old man, sounds my type of guy. As I said earlier, poverty is what creates community spirit, thanks for proving my point.

[CBdogsA1 420]

What I was stating was not all are lazy lieabouts, not having a go at your reply to others, that's maybe the way the quote button has made it look.

[brookie 1,193]

 

 

 

 

This was the beginning of Great Britain going to shit

Communities and helping one another was swept away for Thatchers I'm or right jack ' dog eat dog world.

The second instance was the Hunting Ban

After this labour thought we can do as we please

And they did bringing in statutes on a weekly basis to enslave the population.

We maybe have one more chance as a Nation

It's worth a shot

Vote Ukip

United Kingdom Independence Party

well said max once she destroyed the unions with her propaganda ( much the same as the propaganda about coursers etc being spread by the police and bbc etc today) the working class were f****d .if the nation had come out at the time with the miners and brought her government down its a sure thing this country wouldnt be the shit hole it is today .

Wow.... You REALLY believe that if the unions had brought down the government we would be better off now? A country under complete influence of Union Rule. Why do you think Ed Millipede is trying to distance the Labour Party from them?

 

I remember all the strikes in the 70's early 80's the country was on its knees, people talk about greed but what about the greed of the unions, they were holding the country to ransom while the rest of the world were passing us by.

 

Oh by the way how's Scargill getting on with suing the Miners Union he so dearly fought for so he can have his free £34K per ann 2nd home in London, isnt this the same money paid in by the miners he claimed to represent 30 years ago?

 

give me an example of the unions ripping any one of or holding any one or the country to ransom i hear a few on here trumping that one out .well lets have some examples not just assumptions all im asking for is proof and bone fide examples as for the country on its knees there was work every where. our economy was the strongest it had ever been .production and exports were thriving we had a thriving coal industry and the steel industry was the best in the world .i to remember the miners strikes and the picket lines with soldiers dressed as filth hitting old men and women over the heads with batons outside roseheyworth and cwmtillery trying to protect theyre jobs and future for theyre families .whilst that bitch was having her barnet permed twice and three times a week at hundred quid a throw at the tax payers expense and securing arms deals abroad ( peddling death in third world countries for her ponce son ) .what about her taking every thing of us joe public once she broke the unions ? by taking it of us i mean privatising the energy companies .we owned them before thatcher do you remember ? we now have huge price hikes are forced to pay advanced line charges advanced vat which is also rising every year (talk about blackmail haha) how many of these energy companies are now owned by centrica ? did you know centrica is a french company ? a french company also own the severn bridge .all these billions in revenue is being taken by a foreign company then we have the privatisation on the waterboard .again massive massive profits and continued price hikes .privatisation of the railways and british telecom .a huge drop in standards with massive price increases much much higher than inflation .huge profits and bonuses to the board and increased hardship to the working man on top of that she then forced the poll tax onto us any one who refused to pay she had jailed .do you remember ? talk about blackmail and holding us to ransom . we also had thriving ship yards and harbours .we own none now these are all owned by foreigners .none of this would have happened if the unions had still been in place .now we have a country thats a shit hole the foreigner is taking over and getting priority over the local for any jobs or council house .most vacancies now are through an agency .nearly all these are foreign owned and controlled so whos getting priority ? now do you think for one minute with a strong union in place any of this would happen because i know it wouldnt .this is only a brief of what that bitch brought about .her actions lead to this change in our country .but please if you or any one could post some proof and examples of how the unions blackmailed this country and some one else mentioned they were KGB ffs id would like to see proof of these claims lol

 

 

You say "the economy was the strongest" ..really are you serious?? Inflation was at 30% YES 30% Even the labour government tried to put a cap of 5% wage increases on Unions why do you think the strikes happend in the 1st place? We had to be bailed out with BILLIONS from the IMF and that was in the late 70's how much is that worth today.

 

Seriously if you are going to wear the rose tinted glasses at least learn the history. Even the Labour prime minister Callaghan said the economy was so weak if he was a young man he would emigtrate! thats the prime minister FFS

 

Hospitals on strike taking only emergency patients, ambulances on strike, council grave diggers on strike whilst bodies of relatives laid in the morgue as they couldnt be buried, power cuts, bin men on strike streets full of rotting waste. If thats not hholding the country to ransom please let me know what is.

 

By the way most of my relatives worked in the steel industry so before you tell me i dont know what im on about I lived through sh*t like that.

 

 

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you dont want to believe all the bull you read in the papers etc and ( by the way my relatives worked in the steel industry) i lived through it as well . i worked in it as well .my immeadiate family worked in the pits and stood on the picket lines ,were union reps .Had to travel to holland germany etc to raise money etc to feed miners children up and down the country .i seen first hand what thatcher did to the industry in this country because i actually lived and grew up inside these areas and still do i didnt have to read the sun newspaper or tune in to the bbc news and be blinded by theyre bullshit and propaganda Rose tinted glasses i dont need em mate my visions crystal clear and by the way my family also work in the steel industry both in cardiff and port talbot my grandfather on my mothers side died in a pit accident under ground .so the glasses no dont need those .as for getting of the backsides and getting out to earn my own money brigade it has no bearing on this subject what so ever some of my fathers people were as good hawkers that walked and down south was a hawkers paradise and still is .yet put any of those boys up this end and he wouldnt earn a sandwich never mind feed his family .you aint got a clue mate its the blind leading the blind now and thats why the countries f****d

[Malt 379]

 

One thing I have noticed with this thread, all the people who have said that people should get up off their arse and stop blaming, and do something for themselves all come from the bigger cities. They do not have a clue about living outside of a semi metropolis. Where there was/is limited work available once the industry that built that community was destroyed for greed of the elite.

 

Before anyone states that I am bleating again, I have not claimed dole since before the Mc Gregor plan 1978. I have always worked and I expect to work till the day I take my last breath. I ask nothing of anyone, but that does not make me blind to what I have seen happen around me.

 

TC

I moved from Glasgow to the highlands all because of work. c**ts come from foreign countries over here looking for work. Only the miners it seems can't move outside their wee village cos they are too scared of leaving the sanctuary of there wee built up community. I could find a 100 excuses every morning to stay longer in bed, but I don't. It's called motivation, something clearly lacking in a lot of folk. It's a lot easier to point the finger at someone else and say, they've destroyed my life and pass that philosophy down the generations. Don't worry lad, their ain't no jobs about, it's that b*****d thatchers fault in the 70's..... What a bubble to live in, each to there own.

Yeah you, one man managed to travel away and move to new work but how do you apply that to a whole bloody town of people? 'Eh up lads, lets all form a wagon train and piss off to London..'

[baw 4,360]

 

 

One thing I have noticed with this thread, all the people who have said that people should get up off their arse and stop blaming, and do something for themselves all come from the bigger cities. They do not have a clue about living outside of a semi metropolis. Where there was/is limited work available once the industry that built that community was destroyed for greed of the elite.

 

Before anyone states that I am bleating again, I have not claimed dole since before the Mc Gregor plan 1978. I have always worked and I expect to work till the day I take my last breath. I ask nothing of anyone, but that does not make me blind to what I have seen happen around me.

 

TC

I moved from Glasgow to the highlands all because of work. c**ts come from foreign countries over here looking for work. Only the miners it seems can't move outside their wee village cos they are too scared of leaving the sanctuary of there wee built up community. I could find a 100 excuses every morning to stay longer in bed, but I don't. It's called motivation, something clearly lacking in a lot of folk. It's a lot easier to point the finger at someone else and say, they've destroyed my life and pass that philosophy down the generations. Don't worry lad, their ain't no jobs about, it's that b*****d thatchers fault in the 70's..... What a bubble to live in, each to there own.

Yeah you, one man managed to travel away and move to new work but how do you apply that to a whole bloody town of people? 'Eh up lads, lets all form a wagon train and piss off to London..'

That's the problem though malt, you need to stop thinking we are all in this together lads, if we can't find a job for us all, then we all suffer together. Seems to me the go getters got going and the woe is me brigade rotted for 30 odd years with a barrel load of reasons and excuses.

[gonetoearth 5,144]

 

 

 

One thing I have noticed with this thread, all the people who have said that people should get up off their arse and stop blaming, and do something for themselves all come from the bigger cities. They do not have a clue about living outside of a semi metropolis. Where there was/is limited work available once the industry that built that community was destroyed for greed of the elite.

 

Before anyone states that I am bleating again, I have not claimed dole since before the Mc Gregor plan 1978. I have always worked and I expect to work till the day I take my last breath. I ask nothing of anyone, but that does not make me blind to what I have seen happen around me.

 

TC

I moved from Glasgow to the highlands all because of work. c**ts come from foreign countries over here looking for work. Only the miners it seems can't move outside their wee village cos they are too scared of leaving the sanctuary of there wee built up community. I could find a 100 excuses every morning to stay longer in bed, but I don't. It's called motivation, something clearly lacking in a lot of folk. It's a lot easier to point the finger at someone else and say, they've destroyed my life and pass that philosophy down the generations. Don't worry lad, their ain't no jobs about, it's that b*****d thatchers fault in the 70's..... What a bubble to live in, each to there own.

Yeah you, one man managed to travel away and move to new work but how do you apply that to a whole bloody town of people? 'Eh up lads, lets all form a wagon train and piss off to London..'

That's the problem though malt, you need to stop thinking we are all in this together lads, if we can't find a job for us all, then we all suffer together. Seems to me the go getters got going and the woe is me brigade rotted for 30 odd years with a barrel load of reasons and excuses.

Edited March 14, 2014 by gonetoearth

[mushroom 13,268]

 

One thing I have noticed with this thread, all the people who have said that people should get up off their arse and stop blaming, and do something for themselves all come from the bigger cities. They do not have a clue about living outside of a semi metropolis. Where there was/is limited work available once the industry that built that community was destroyed for greed of the elite.

 

Before anyone states that I am bleating again, I have not claimed dole since before the Mc Gregor plan 1978. I have always worked and I expect to work till the day I take my last breath. I ask nothing of anyone, but that does not make me blind to what I have seen happen around me.

 

TC

I moved from Glasgow to the highlands all because of work. c**ts come from foreign countries over here looking for work. Only the miners it seems can't move outside their wee village cos they are too scared of leaving the sanctuary of there wee built up community. I could find a 100 excuses every morning to stay longer in bed, but I don't. It's called motivation, something clearly lacking in a lot of folk. It's a lot easier to point the finger at someone else and say, they've destroyed my life and pass that philosophy down the generations. Don't worry lad, their ain't no jobs about, it's that b*****d thatchers fault in the 70's..... What a bubble to live in, each to there own.

 

Great post Baw This is it, sometimes you have to move to where the work is and get out from underneath the comfort blanket imo

 

My uncle was a foreman (and also something to do with the union (he hates Scargill to this day)) at Bank hall pit. He came out of the pits and went straight into making money in the pub industry "why not move with the times?" he once said to me. Great ethos

[baw 4,360]

f**k me, Praise for making 2 good posts in the one thread, I need a lie down

[WILF 47,864]

Whatever, it's all done now.....they lost end of story.

Dry your eyes and move on.

 

Let concentrate on getting rid of the Blue, yellow and red socialists we have now.

[Accip74 7,112]

 

One thing I have noticed with this thread, all the people who have said that people should get up off their arse and stop blaming, and do something for themselves all come from the bigger cities. They do not have a clue about living outside of a semi metropolis. Where there was/is limited work available once the industry that built that community was destroyed for greed of the elite.

 

Before anyone states that I am bleating again, I have not claimed dole since before the Mc Gregor plan 1978. I have always worked and I expect to work till the day I take my last breath. I ask nothing of anyone, but that does not make me blind to what I have seen happen around me.

 

TC

I moved from Glasgow to the highlands all because of work. c**ts come from foreign countries over here looking for work. Only the miners it seems can't move outside their wee village cos they are too scared of leaving the sanctuary of there wee built up community. I could find a 100 excuses every morning to stay longer in bed, but I don't. It's called motivation, something clearly lacking in a lot of folk. It's a lot easier to point the finger at someone else and say, they've destroyed my life and pass that philosophy down the generations. Don't worry lad, their ain't no jobs about, it's that b*****d thatchers fault in the 70's..... What a bubble to live in, each to there own.

Great post, exactly my dad's philosophy......& he's from one of those Yorkshire mining towns, where all his family were miners.....

As for the attitude,'once a scab always a scab', that's just the kind of dumb ass thinking that keeps people in their bubble & fragments community's.....

[gonetoearth 5,144]

Lol rattled some sleeping thatcherites this little thred has it not , Fragmented communities blamed on people who call scabs scabs lol.

[s.e.s.k.u 1,893]

You'll never get the thatcherites to understand. ..They weren't affected like us who lived in pit villages. .Every man in my family worked in the mines. .and everyone of them have worked since she closed them down. .no feeling sorry for themselves. ..but the community like many others suffered big time. .boils my blood all the dry your eyes comments. ..

a scab is a scab for life end of. .move on but NEVER forget. .

[Huan72 687]

Whatever line of work you are in, now more than ever, there is no such thing as a job for life. You have to adapt to survive, unfortunately some are naturally more adaptable than others. The thing is that resentment in the long run only effects the person doing it, it genuinely destroys lives. Its so easy to live in the past, dulling the memories with alcohol or whatever else. That's not living, that's existing, there is a lot to look forward to and that's it, look forward to We have all had injustices in life, don't let them injustices ruin the rest of your life, live for the now and try to make the future what you want it to be, basically never give up. I am not some fresh faced youth with no life experience before anyone thinks I am, I have been one of those live in the past and drink a litre of vodka a day blokes and its not living, its existing.................and to finish one of my favourite sayings..................................................... seize the day

 

p.s. remember, its not how many times you get knocked down, its how many times you get back up that counts