That's not why the coal industry was shut down. British coal was expensive (largely due to high wages) and not subsidised (which European coal was), whilst North Sea oil and gas was much cheaper. Coal just couldn't compete.IanKennedy wrote:What Pittsburgh was deliberately shut down for no reason what so ever just so that the Government could make a political point?Mikey wrote:Meh, we have Pittsburgh. Same thing.
The only time I've ever needed subtitles for English was while watching part of a Beeb documentary involving old-timers from East Anglia. Even other Brits couldn't understand them.
Oscar-nominated star Pete Postlethwaite dies at 64
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Give a man a fire, and you keep him warm for a day. SET a man on fire, and you will keep him warm for the rest of his life...
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Darn, had quite forgotten he played Hakeswill in the excellent Sharpe TV adaptions.
"You ain't gonna get off down the trail a mile or two, and go missing your wife or something, like our last cook done, are you?"
"My wife is in hell, where I sent her. She could make good biscuits, but her behavior was terrible."
"My wife is in hell, where I sent her. She could make good biscuits, but her behavior was terrible."
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That's not true of all of the pits. There were plenty that were perfectly financially viable, especially the ones in Nottingham that eventually broke away from the strike only to find that they closed them down too within six months.GrahamKennedy wrote:That's not why the coal industry was shut down. British coal was expensive (largely due to high wages) and not subsidised (which European coal was), whilst North Sea oil and gas was much cheaper. Coal just couldn't compete.IanKennedy wrote:What Pittsburgh was deliberately shut down for no reason what so ever just so that the Government could make a political point?Mikey wrote:Meh, we have Pittsburgh. Same thing.
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Fair enough...Mikey wrote:Hmm. I thought I put one of these after that statement:
There was plenty of coal in all of our pits.But no, Pittsburgh was not shut down for a political point. It was shut down when the coal ran out.
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