They tried to bleed and break our hearts to death...but in our spirit lies life! Heroes of the Strike, heroes of Troy, this Tennyson said to you, for it is not over, untilit is over, and whilst one heart beats but a pulse of life, IT IS NOT OVER!!! Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
@db1915
6 жыл бұрын
I was 14 when that last miners strike was on. I saw my Dad turn from a proud working class man into a crying wreck... torn between striking with his fellow miners & having little food on his families plates, debt companies hounding... I saw the close village community I grew up in fall apart NEVER to return. Crime went through the roof as people tried to put food on the table. Brothers, Fathers & Sons fell out for good. Marriages broke down. Men committed suicide leaving young children with now Father. Then the pits shut down.... The spirit of the village gone! No thought went into putting something in place of all the Mines that closed down... These once proud mining villages were left to rot... I'm 47 now & my Father passed many years ago of illnesses related to a Coal Miner... I can see every reason why these people would celebrate the death of the woman who decimated the lives of all the mining families without one thought to those lives she personally took & ruined...
@ayeael
5 жыл бұрын
well said
@Roscoe.P.Coldchain
2 жыл бұрын
What village were you from mate..?
@nialloneill5097
Жыл бұрын
The decimation of the Dearne and Don Valleys, and surrounding areas, along with the Welsh Valleys, where the salt of the earth was deeply embedded and fostered in these small mining villages. Far better work should have been open available to all these men, in whose muscles and blood graft was born. Instead, as you said, left to rot, by evil despotic rulers, criminals really, and they will be tried, and rightly so, in the beyond, for the upheavals and suffering that they have caused. Praying for better times, better jobs, better communities in the future. Last bank gone in my village not so long ago, there were many in 70's and 80's, and many pubs gone too, many not so distant things and memories buried, along with their architects...Maggie, and her rich elite. And these oppressors still exist aplenty, and bleed the masses dry, but the STRIKE was a moment when these forces became visible but for a short time, and revealed their identities and agendas, as these despots used all the means available to crush the spirit of the miners, the Unions, and the working class. And to a great extent they did, by removing their employment, and throwing them onto the scrap heaps of benefit systems, lower paid jobs, or the dole queue. Then, all the break-ups, break-downs, and suicides, foster children, and barren mining village centres, depleted of shops and life. Yes, globalism, retail parks, and the internet too have contributed to the demise of the mining villages, but this moment was when the heart was ripped out of these communities and the UK, as life since seems to have ebbed away in many places, as greed, consumerism, and corporatism have replaced communal longings, and the individual selflessness and consideration these people had for their brothers, and neighbours. A poignant, profound moment then, as this loser of a tyrant is sent off and packing, not with the blessings and thanks of her people...but with a CURSE, to go to hell, that place from which she came, so as to devastate Britain's working class, whom her crooked supporters labelled the 'enemy within', despite these very people being the engine room for what made Britain great, and making of one of the greatest Empires of all time. The real heart of these communities though was their indominable spirits, and conscience, which forged many the Labour movements, the Co-operative society, and many social endeavours, such as the NHS, to ensure that people could live with some degree of equity, equality, and respectability. And the destruction the Thatcherites wreaked was their thanks, for in truth, why would the biggest gluttons in society who wish to own most of it for themselves, and the gluttonous, selfish fat cat mates who they fed with their choice morsels after the strike, through selling off the nation's silverware, homes and hearths, want to have a united collective of conscientious objectors, who saw through their evil, and were willing to oppose it. The country and the world have changed now, and few people give a damn, as a new kind of person has filled the world and the employment market, and made their way in life, BUT, as I gaze yonder over field and dale, where once stood mine shafts and the miners, tall and proud, all now well and truly gone, I can cry out from the tears of my broken heart...ONCE WE WERE HERE, brothers whom shall soon meet, under the rays of the setting sun!!!
@NorrieMacTHESMOG
11 жыл бұрын
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD ( AND BURIED)
@stevedn1
11 жыл бұрын
Some of the buildings flattened were good enough for York. The dole office stands on the site of a lovely old building that was so wrongly knocked down by DMBC. According to one such "property developer" Doncaster "needs" a casino. A town that has had its heart ripped out.
@nialloneill5097
Жыл бұрын
The same beasts who ripped the heart out from these communities have no sense of beauty, how could they, when their actions speak volumes for their real motives, by proclaiming their lack of heart, for in truth, they hate both inner and outer beauty...any beauty, be it truth, honour, selflessness, consideration for others, loyalty...for all they know of is darkness and evil, and what these bring, such as misery, arrogance, selfishness, gluttony, stealing, murdering, and especially destroying that which is much more beautiful than them. Hence, why they destroy both communities and buildings alike, for they are reminders of what they do not have...BEAUTY!!!
@Fo3rest
6 жыл бұрын
the bitterness OF these people will never go away but a bad stain(THATCHER) has departed done and dusted and sent to hell :)
@Roscoe.P.Coldchain
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant, used to drink in the pigeon club, me old mate kev lives there, great people 💟
@nialloneill5097
Жыл бұрын
SOUNDS COOOOOO LLL!!!
@jonwright9436
11 жыл бұрын
good one i grew up in a pit village i remember my mates mum crying during the strike cos she had no food for the kids and marching with the nhs and getting jailed when she came to visit the battalion
@Mark64W
3 жыл бұрын
@@Disorder1889 Jon made perfect sense to me and his comment was completely relevant when he talked about how Thatcher's government shut down the mining industry . With respect , are you are moderator of this upload ? Kind regards , Mark .
@nialloneill5097
Жыл бұрын
I learn one important thing in the Strike...that the govt hates its own people, if they do not swing with their agendas and policies, now matter how crooked, and are prepared to destroy you through starvation, stealing your money, land, jobs, industry, houses, and even your reputation and morality, in their attempts and desperation to justify the unjustifiable, for their conscience plagues them, but rather than become human beings, they further victimise those they have abused and pillaged. They are NOTHING, but criminal crooks!!! And their legacy is the free loading society we now have, where most people think about themselves, or who are isolated due to poverty on many levels, but then there is no community. And if there is no community, there is no heart, and that is the real cause of all this hate and despair, where'er one looks. People managed to get by with very little in those days of the mining towns, and were happy to share, but now, we imagine we are better off, but where is the real joy of life, which is in giving!!! It seems Thatcher was the iconic land, money and soul grabber, working as an agent for Satan himself, and bringing misery where there had been joy, bringing dole where there had been coal, bringing division where there had been co-operation, bringing fear and hate where there had been love, bringing selfishness where there had been selflessness, bringing arrogance where there had been humility, bringing derision where there had been peace, and bringing isolation over brotherhood, and kinship, by sowing destruction, rather than construction. There is now only one place this person, and people like her can go, which is whence they came...to THE DEPTHS OF HELL!!! LET US NOT TARRY UPN THEIT DEMISE THOUGH, LES WE TOO MISS THE GOAL OF LIFE...TO BRING JOY AND BEAUTY, COMPASSSION AND LOVE INTO THE WORLD, THROUGH THINKING OF YOUR BEIGHBOUR, BEFORE YOURSELF, JUST LIKE THE GOOD, OLD DAYS OF THOSE POOR MNNIG TOWNS!!!
@nialloneill5097
Жыл бұрын
YOU MIGHT LIKE TO THINK OF YOUR NEIGHBOUR TOO! i MUST learn the art of spell check!
@12001markb
11 жыл бұрын
I work around the notts coal field area Those poor people have been forgotten and abandoned
@Roscoe.P.Coldchain
2 жыл бұрын
A lot were scabs though in notts
@thomaschinn6344
2 ай бұрын
coppers dont beat up and jail hamas
@pathfinderfergusfilms6630
10 жыл бұрын
Hi Fez. I couldn't help but comment on this. I could be wrong but I saw no police on this march? If this had been in the Thatcher era the streets would have been lined with them! Things have certainly changed some for the better but this reminds me of how devastating those days were. As a result we can barely make and produce anything in this country. One thing we do seem to be good at nowadays is exporting bad banking practice and importing debt and the average person who works is kept on low wages, low skilled service industry jobs who in turn relies on debt! perfect! I put a lot of blame on Labour for that one! There is no real voice for the working class in this country! The Tories! Well at least you knew who you are dealing with! Labour? Champagne Comrade?
@fezufo
10 жыл бұрын
I couldnt agree more mate! There was the helicopter and police standing by in neighbouring villages,but there really was no need as no trouble ensued that day.It ended with a crude,but powerful effigy being burned,which reflected the contempt most people had for Thatcher.I was only a young un up in Sunderland when the closures started,but it affected the whole of the North,with the South obviously being divided on the subject and i found it particularly hard to find work,which we`re still feeling to this day.Thanks for the comment Sinclair.
@nialloneill5097
Жыл бұрын
Labour was begun to be the voice of the Unions, which were representative of those with jobs, mostly lower paid ones, and thereby almost all the working class. Without defending jobs, you have no Union, and then the power and voice of the working classes and Labour diminishes...unless they reidentify themselves as something else, and let's face it, most politicians are expedient when it comes to acquiring what most of them want, which is power and riches. And now we have a dog eat dog society with no real boundaries between classes, as social mobility has increased, but community cohesion, power and values have decreased. It seems then there is no such thing as community after all, but there again, you can make your own reality, no matter how insane it is, and this is what Thatcher did to our nation. She destroyed communities, as they did not exist in her lunatic head, and she thought life was solely about making money, and so set the foundations for a nation of money makers, where social consciences and needs are something to be tarred with shame and guilt, just as Oliver was when he asked for more. How dare you! And you can sch attitudes in NHS Staff. In fact, these attitudes are rife amongst those that stole people's jobs and destroyed the infrastructure and hopes of their towns and villages, so they can call them idlers, good-for-nothings, spongers and the enemy within. Yes they were, and some are still, the enemy within, for these people chose decency and sharing over evil and greed, and were willing to fight for it. Bless them!!!
@stevedn1
11 жыл бұрын
Doncaster is run by grasping Tories and so-called property developers and if only the people here would know there is nothing to celebrate. A once handsome and thriving Yorkshire market town where street after street was flattened and replaced by cheap 60s buildings.
@albertjones4803
11 жыл бұрын
totally agree with you mate
@rjhtrucking5429
Жыл бұрын
And some say they're still celebrating today, as their towns continue to wallow in strife and misery. Meanwhile, the rest of the country continues to be dynamic , flexible and cost effective. Thankyou Mr's Thatcher for saving me from a boring and insular existence in some misarable industrial town where everybody knows everybody and knowone dares to think differently,
@thomaschinn6344
2 ай бұрын
ding dong
@tomjackson2861
11 жыл бұрын
I don't see how celebrating her death is going to change anything! It's not going to bring the miners back, is it? It's so pathetic! This must have been the highlight of their year, they are that sad!
@Mark64W
3 жыл бұрын
They got a lot of ill feeling and hatred out of their system , plus rekindled community spirit, comradeship and loyalty that all miners had . That's why they were the backbone of the British industry . I would love to see you walk in to a pub in Goldthorpe and say your above comment at the top of your voice . Kind regards , Mark .
@nialloneill5097
Жыл бұрын
It was clearly part of a grieving process. They lost almost everything, whereas she and her rich elite gained much, as was the plan! The party politics in most European nations was set up within the roots of the 3 class system, which bred arrogance and despotism in the higher class, turgidity and indolence in the middle class, and fear, envy and hate and a sense of injustice in some quarters of the workers, who were mistreated beyond human comprehension. At least the workers had hearts though, and in the suffering, developed as human beings and comm unties, which is in partly why the ruling classes hated them ,and wished to completely crush them. It was very similar with many indigenous cultures of the time, which were savaged by the real savages, the rich elite of European, then American nations, and who in their guilt and denial, aptly termed them savages, just as miners were called the enemy within, and seen as yobs. These lies reflect how many people have become inhuman, as darkness reigns o'er the earth, which will bring WW3 and complete nuclear devastation, and it is the same dynamics of hate that is at the root, for man has forgotten to live with love for life and others in his heart, and become a rapacious beast. I shall always and eternally remember the Strike then, as it is a reminder that those in power not only do not care for the people, but are willing to destroy you. It is also a stark reminder of the hate and lies of the darkness that prevails in the world, and the dishonourable, cunning ways in which it seeks to intimidate, hurt, and destroy people, so as to make the earth a place of total hate and lies. Let it be said then, that those indigenous and mining villages were often the hearth for many a good, selfless deed, and we must try to enkindle that same community spirit AND LOVE where'er we go, as a protection from darkness, just as vampire hunters use the cross before Count Dracula and his followers, as it is that bad in the world now...TRULY, EPITOMISED BY THE POWER DYNAMICS AND CONSEQUENCES IN AND AFTER THE STRIKE...and the looming War between East and West. Thus, all we can do, is ensure there is Light in and around us, and let others decide their path, but I am convinced that one day, we shall all reap that which we have sown, for that is JUSTICE, and I would not like to look upon the justice meted out upon Maggie, and her mates, no sir!!! Love and strength to all miners, and Yorkshire folk, and those willing to take up the fight for the light, and to paaaaarty, for it is our right to be happy, and you can always see the darkness in its desperation to bring misery!!! Let that be a compass guide, warning and inspiration for all those who seek the warmth of light, all the, very, very best to all.
@tomjackson2861
11 жыл бұрын
no she wasn't! you are!
@Mark64W
3 жыл бұрын
Please could you elaborate on your comment so therefore we might be able to have a constructive conversation about your opinion . Kind regards , Mark .
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