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Two of the quotes from that thread are hilarious:

"If our fans are in good voice I think it will reduce what will be an intimidating atmosphere for our players."

No, It won't.

And my particular favourite:

"Nowt intimidating about a big air raid siren and a bunch of Imps. Much more intimidating at Field Mill with half the crowd."

Some of those are nearly as dim as the peanut-brained folk on The Pishy.
 
Davidimp said:
They broke the strike and as a thank you the tories shut their pits too
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How could anyone "break" a strike where no national ballot had been held and was only enforced by flying pickets?

In any case, it's a little ridiculous to be talking of events so far in the past, but just for context....

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Davidimp said:
They broke the strike and as a thank you the tories shut their pits too
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So much romantic bullsh*t about how great it was to go underground and dig for coal. The closing of the mines and the end to a filthy dangerous job that most blokes did just because their dads did was long overdue. Scargill was the only winner from the miners strike, somehow for supposedly representing the poor miners he acquired fame, fortune and notoriety. Typical trade union leader from that era who milked the workers, promised the earth, held to country to ransom and earnt more money than any politician or working man.
 
johnolbe said:
So much romantic bullsh*t about how great it was to go underground and dig for coal. The closing of the mines and the end to a filthy dangerous job that most blokes did just because their dads did was long overdue. Scargill was the only winner from the miners strike, somehow for supposedly representing the poor miners he acquired fame, fortune and notoriety. Typical trade union leader from that era who milked the workers, promised the earth, held to country to ransom and earnt more money than any politician or working man.
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It was filthy and it was dangerous. The nation relied on it .It certainly was not romantic either . Scargill owns the rights to the phrase 'I told you so ' .Fame and Fortune ?Please. You are supposed to wipe your arse with the 'The Sun ' not read it .
 
I can assure you as someone with close connection with Mansfield (as was born there) and mining, it is totally unjust to call them scabs. There was wasn’t a vote so the strike wasn’t official.

Mining was a difficult and dangerous job. The demise of it totally devastated the area to which it has never had and probably never will recover.

The only difference with Lincoln is the cobbled streets the cathedral and the caste which brings in tourist money. Take that away and it would be another Mansfield.

Mock their football team the orange face chairman and the knuckle dragger of a manager but to use the word scab is out of order.

People died families fell out over the strikes.
 
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johnolbe said:
So much romantic bullsh*t about how great it was to go underground and dig for coal. The closing of the mines and the end to a filthy dangerous job that most blokes did just because their dads did was long overdue. Scargill was the only winner from the miners strike, somehow for supposedly representing the poor miners he acquired fame, fortune and notoriety. Typical trade union leader from that era who milked the workers, promised the earth, held to country to ransom and earnt more money than any politician or working man.
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Aye, thank god for Sports Direct warehouses and the need for supermarket trolly herders. That's the way to regenerate.

You neglect the fact that the loss of the mines was not in isolation. Most heavy manufacturing was also destroyed, as were the communities and towns that thrived on it. Nothing was offered in its place, and the nation's oil wealth was squandered on benefits for the millions of new unemployed, who were then in turn demonised as workshy.

Arthur Scargill can be your bogey man or hero, but we know the true villain of the piece.
 
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graemetheexile said:
Aye, thank god for Sports Direct warehouses and the need for supermarket trolly herders. That's the way to regenerate.

You neglect to understand that the loss of the mines was not in isolation. Most heavy manufacturing was also destroyed, as were the communities and towns that thrived on them, as the nation's oil wealth squandered on benefits for the millions of new unemployed, who were in turn demonised as workshy.

Arthur Scargill can be your bogey man or hero, but we know the true villain of the piece.
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And she is rotting in hell where she belongs!
 
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