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BarryW.
"at least those misguided enough to support him"
That amounted to about a dozen Kent Miners or very much less than 1%.
Some miners, again less than 1% along with some so called supporters, did things that cannot be supported.
This thread is about the other 98% of decent, hardworking, proud menand women whose only care was to save his/her Colliery from closing.
A repeated fact.
On 5th March 1984, we received a call from miners at Cortonwood Colliery, telling us they had been served with a closure notice, due to financial loss and not exhaustion or geological reasons.
The financial loss occurred when the Coal Board spent £1Million on pithead improvements, this was after the men were informed that their pit was safe and not on the closure list.
This same tactic was used at other collieries.
Thatcher knew every area had balloted, country wide, with 100% support to take industrial action for any pit closure other than through geological or coal exhaustion reasons.
When SHE was ready and when the timing was right for HER, she announced the closure of profitable pits, knowing we had a mandate for strike action.
Cortonwood called for our help, we knew we would be next, so we responded.
Scargill did NOT call us out on strike, we called him and told him we were all out in Kent.
Reg. #18
Both for me.
