Was a tuff time for sure,,I had just left school in 83,,,had a few factory jobs,,,got made redundant 5 times from then till 91,,,,,never worked in the pit myself,,nor me dad,,,grandad had,,,
Our village every man except one was on strike,,,,,police had to move him and his family out,,,his brother as well if my memory serves me right,,,there was some proper ding dongs with the cops from down south,,,,
Mind I don't need to tell you that ,,tatblisters,,,lol