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
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![]()
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![]()
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