I watched this series with great interest having lived through this era. I didn't personally have anything to do with mining but had relatives and friends who were directly affected.
I must admit that I learned several things I didn't know before watching the series and think that it was well researched and put together.
One thing that was not mentioned is that some miners, some of whom had been in the pits since age 14 and were approaching retirement, were threatened by Thatcher's bully boys that they would forfeit their whole pensions if they did not return to work. What would you do?
This sort of blackmail obviously approved by Thatcher was an abhorrence that further split communities and left long hard working men with the denigrating and undeserved description "SCAB".
I must admit that I learned several things I didn't know before watching the series and think that it was well researched and put together.
One thing that was not mentioned is that some miners, some of whom had been in the pits since age 14 and were approaching retirement, were threatened by Thatcher's bully boys that they would forfeit their whole pensions if they did not return to work. What would you do?
This sort of blackmail obviously approved by Thatcher was an abhorrence that further split communities and left long hard working men with the denigrating and undeserved description "SCAB".