Union Leader Bob Crow Dead

[gWaPito]

I posted this last year :-

Coal had been a decaying industry for years, history was re-written by Labour and they keep repeating it until they believe it is true :-

Declining number of pits under Wilson & Callaghan

1964 .. 545
1965 .. 504
1966 .. 442
1967 .. 406
1968 .. 330
1969 .. 304

1974 .. 250
1975 .. 241
1976 .. 239
1977 .. 231
1978 .. 223
1979 .. 219

Declining Number of pits under Mrs Thatcher

1979 .. 219
1980 .. 213
1981 .. 200
1982 .. 191
1983 .. 170
1984 .. 169
1985 .. 133
1986 .. 110
1987 .. 94
1988 .. 86
1989 .. 73
1990 .. 65



Perhaps someone can tell us how many pits re-opened during 1997 - 2010 under Blair and Bottler Brown

I didn't read this Ded b4 I posted mine.........I saw Joe's first so felt I had to respond accordingly Minds thinking alike

[Dedworth]

I didnt read this Ded b4 i posted mine.........I saw Joe's first so felt I had to respond accordingly Minds thinking alike

We are still waiting to hear about Blair/Brown failure to reopen pits and bring back steam engines. As Graham rightly says "The truth will hurt, but more likely, will be denied."

I've got to spread my green cards about more before I can rep you Gwap

[gWaPito]

We are still waiting to hear about Blair/Brown failure to reopen pits and bring back steam engines. As Graham rightly says "The truth will hurt, but more likely, will be denied."

I've got to spread my green cards about more before I can rep you Gwap

They did a go job in bringing back poverty and ruination. 1 out of 3 isnt that bad

[London_Manila]

They did a go job in bringing back poverty and ruination. 1 out of 3 isnt that bad

As if Cameron and his bunch of Torry Toffs have made any improvement

I take you will be among the first to welcome the Syrian refugees when they start flooding in

Little upstarts like Hague make all the noise about being tough on immigration when he was in in opposition once he gets in power he does the complete opposite

[London_Manila]

As if Cameron and his bunch of Torry Toffs have made any improvement

I take you will be among the first to welcome the Syrian refugees when they start flooding in

Little upstarts Hague make all the noise about being tough on immigration when he was in opposition once he get's in power he does the complete opposite

China running our nuclear power stations = you could not make this kind of thing up

[joebloggs]

I didn't read this Ded b4 I posted mine.........I saw Joe's first so felt I had to respond accordingly Minds thinking alike

pits started closing because of the rise of Nuclear power and the cheap import of coal from Russia,

Nuclear power is in decline so now we have no choice but to buy gas and coal from the Russians, and now let them build Nuclear power plants with the Chinese in the UK,


you couldn't make this up