If we were discussing Barnsley, Doncaster or even some of the North Notts clubs I would have let this go There were a few coal mines around garforth, "The isabella" and "The Trenchpit" but these were closed long before Maggie.
You se the evil that was trade unionism had already gotten a hold, rendering such ventures uneconomic, that said most f the moves were for fireclay or iron ore, not coal. Im sure one then Militant tendency in residence would not have wanted to obfuscate the truth about 'Mining in Leeds" Message: 8 Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:10:52 +0000 From: Joe Skinner <jacksonpollocks...@hotmail.com> To: Steve Gillen <steve.gil...@ntlworld.com>, "m...@leeds-united.net" <m...@leeds-united.net>, 'Errand Fivefold' <errand.fivef...@talk21.com> Cc: "leedslist@gn.apc.org" <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Subject: Re: [LU] Is Thatcher Dead Yet?? Message-ID: <dub117-w51f01753f156e69907305081...@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Even putting aside my own viewpoint, can you not see that she is (still) someone who massively polarises about 99% of the population? Factor in it being a Leeds List where people may have gone to school with kids whose Dads were Miners, for example? Her dying is probably the only 'fuck you' most people will ever get back over that era. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER