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Didn't I read somewhere that because the strike had been going on for a year almost all of the pits would have been unable to open again because they required 24 hour care and attention to keep open?

True story this: My father was a coal merchant in the early eighties and the miners strike nearly took his company under. He made inquiries when there was NO coal left to buy or sell to Germany and guess what? They found they could import superior quality coal from the continent for half the...