The Pit
The wheels have stopped the pits have gone
No more you hear the miners songs
Our village is quiet, nothing is the same
I want to know who is to blame?
Everyone`s faces are sad with no money to spend,
I wonder somtimes where will it end.
written by Richard Allan aged 12
 
 

The miners strike was about the protection of jobs the tories under Margaret Thatcher, insisted that it was about economics, what price coal.? Ask yourself what was the cost of a ton of coal in the 1980s, Compare that to the price of a ton of TEA.

Men and Boys have given their lives just to earn a living

 

This Memorial is dedicated to the men who lost their lives at florence. The Memorial as now been updated. The Trustees would like to thank Mark Casewell for his efforts in researching, all the information on the Memorial. Without his efforts it would not have been possible. And Ray Price For producing the Memorial

On View in The Main Function Room