the strike was very hard my mate he worked all his days down the pit  his loft and gardens where very close Paulo to where john mckeons lofts where  my mate had 100 chickens 150 rabbits 2 goats  and his racing pigeons  by the time the last 3 month of the strike all he had left where his racers his words to me the family will come first if they have to go they will lucky it never came to that  
in the row of houses where he lived the end house the guy scabbed some one painted the gail end F---ING SCAP  after the strike he went to the pit manager to complain and get it taken off the manager replied  why thats what you are no need to be ashamed of it  it stayed painted for another 9 month   MAGGIE 
has a lot to answer for  she put a lot of guys out of work and killed a lot of communitys  i hope she rots in hell