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I Do Not Want To Get Into An Argument But Would Like Some Info? ........in The Maggie
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Thatcher ruin! when all the coal pits where closed. I understood that the mies all flooded so therefor couldnt be opened again.? Would any of you know anything different to that.?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Yes...many did..a skeleton staff had to brave accusations of being scabs..for attempting to keep the pumps working..or every pit would have closed there and then....my dad was one...even though he did so unwaged..he was effectively on strike but struggled daily to keep the pit live so there would be jobs to go back to !
Unless they were "Mothballed" it would be impossible to reopen the closed mines, not because of the water but because the shafts were filled in. I was involved in the closure of the last pit I worked at and the shafts about 1000m deep and 8m diameter were filled with several layers of different grades of rock and aggregates engineered to compact into an impenetrable plug and the cost of clearing them would be huge. As to the water, it is a problem that would very from pit to pit ours was a fairly dry mine while another a few miles away made that much water that they had a shaft specially for the pipe work required to keep the pit dry.
That is all so interesting and helps others, like myself to understand it all. My husbands cousin was going on about how marvelous you know who was ( getting into politics) and I said about the poor miners and all those people out of work, to which she replied they could have reopened the mines later. As not all where flooded...so in a way she is right but I am not going to tell her that. Because it has never been the same for those people. Even those as you said where working for nothing just to keep them open. Anything else you could tell me would be great. Thankyou Brenda x
Oh, yes there was.
My cousin was in NACODS and had his car completely trashed at the pit-head because he had crossed the lines to ensure that the mine would be in working order for the men when the strike finished!!!
http:// en.wiki pedia.o rg/wiki /UK_min ers'_st rike_(1 984%E2% 80%9319 85)
My cousin was in NACODS and had his car completely trashed at the pit-head because he had crossed the lines to ensure that the mine would be in working order for the men when the strike finished!!!
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