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You didn't read Ned's post on another thread about the steel industry. That is something he knows a lot about because his Dad worked in it for many years and Ned himself started off in it. The steel production in this country is still at the same level as it was over 20 years ago but far more...

Debating is fine young Biccy. The third post on this thread was nothing like debate.

Funnily enough the middle link actually back up what I said. The South Yorkshire coalfield is a large, relatively self-contained economic zone, whose economic fortunes have largely been determined by what has happened within its own boundaries. Job creation has been strong in recent years, and...

Nicholas Ridley is not Margaret Thatcher (and neither is the article proved as fact) Jack Sollis (our friend who worked with Rex Hunt) would have told us. Btw just as an extra bit of info about me. I was a trade union member for 25 years in the electricity supply industry.

The Endurance came home every May after doing its tour of duty from October. My Dad did the same tour three years in a row with HMS Protector. Not that I need to defend my point of view but I am not a Tory nor did I think that everything that Thatcher did was right. What I do object to, is...

So you believe a journalist rather than someone who lived there and has inlaws in these places?

What social problems? There weren't any worse social problems in the coal field areas than any other part of Britain. As I have said before, those that didn't transfer to the Pontefract coalfield (the most modern one) took thousands in redundancy money. My own next door neighbour got...

Both Hitony and I (who were living in South Wales and Yorkshire respectively) have spoken about the communities and how people got employment. It certainly wasn't whole towns or villages as your post says.

It was completely uninhabited. I also think that the geography quoted should be checked. :lolol: :lolol: :lolol: :lolol:

Me. And I've explained the reasons why.

Purely conjecture as nothing has been found. I think people underestimate just how proud the Kelpies are of their British heritage. They are as keen, if not more so, than the Gibraltarians. My Dad, at the age of 62, was so upset at the invasion, he went to the recruiting office to see if there...

Really? And if they were ever found how much would it cost to ship it 8000 miles?

As Callaghan was voted out in 79, why on earth did the Argentinians wait until 82 to invade. It did suit Galtieri, I will give you that, because it distracted from the 'disappearances' in his own country.

I am not a Thatcher lover but you are wrong about the Falklands too. My StepMum is from the Falklands and we had friends there. Jack worked with Sir Rex Hunt for the British Government. I am for ever grateful that we got the Falklands back from an illegal invasion. Argentina have NEVER owned...

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Correct.

I am not from Yorkshire. I didn't move there until I was 22. I moved back here 3 years ago. Both Ned and I have posted here in the past about what happened in Yorkshire during the 80's. It does strike me as strange that Thatcher isn't hated in the north as much as I have read and heard since...

No not really. I can vaguely remember stuff about Harold Macmillan at that age but I couldn't have held a full scale political debate about it. I was living in Yorkshire amongst miners and knew quite a bit about what was going on. My son was born in late 1970, so I am aware of what someone of...

Another one who was just a child when it was happening. Don't believe all you read and others tell you. :rolleyes: