Comments on: The Miners’ Strike – 25 Years On

By: MarkC

MarkC — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:50:35 +0000

You should be proud, Carrie.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:39:52 +0000

Many of my family were part of The Dirty Thirty (including my father), and love to hear of their tales. It is a strong part of my history, infact I was conceived during the strike!! I am proud that my dad, my uncles and my granddad were part of such a wonderful thing

By: George Jones

George Jones — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:10:14 +0000

I can understand wanting to correct conservatives, I do it every chance I get.
Just annoys me that our so called “Labour government” doesn’t do it often enough.

By: charlie

charlie — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:07:18 +0000

Being born in the late 80s I never witness the strikes, but I did grow up experiencing the impact. My family weren’t miners but moved to the area just before the strikes and experienced them as both outsiders and as part of the community. People (Conservatives) who argue it was for the best back down when I loudly correct their view on what ex-mining villages are now like (at least my home one), and what Thatcher did.

I’m possibly too excited at the prospect of being able to write, and deliver, a ‘blame’ speech of Thatcher(‘s rhetoric) as part of my degree.

By: George Jones

George Jones — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:36:54 +0000

I agree we should never forget.
It’s a shame our so called Labour party seems to have done.
I remember campaigning in my local college to raise funds.
Will never forget the arguments and how the Christian group tried to stop us.
Thatcher has a lot to answer for.

By: disrepdog

disrepdog — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:29:14 +0000

Saw an article on the news about a month ago on 25 years since the stirkes. The depth of feeling still felt by those involved was intense. It put me in mind of how war veterans talk about WWII. And rightly so, whole communities devastated like that…

Being a southerner I can remember it all on the news but was far removed from the reality. I do remember the violence of the strikes though. Hope the book does well, such history should not be forgotten.