Oh the irony. The fact you are discussing them at all shows they had impact.

No it doesn't.

Of course it does. It has had you engaged in discussion over several pages of this thread. The fact you typed one work on the subject of their protest is proof it has impact. The fact their story has been reported in the news has drawn attention (including yours) to their point of view is further proof. No impact? A baseless and ludicrous statement on your part.

Any chance of locking this thread mods so we can forget about the dog asap?

Seeing as the funeral took place in London did you expect anything else but fawnage from the locals. You blowhard all week about people showing no respect. Then get all keyboard warrior because thousands from the North didn't turn up and wreck it. I would imagaine that the majority who hated her (like myself) just could not be d to turn up.

This. Went on an all-day sesh around Halifax and didn't see a minute of the old bats funeral.

Never forget.

Not until it gets to 100 pages.

Still not there

So it’s all over, bar the bits & bobs on the T.V.

I remember the Tories getting into power in ’79, coupled with that a couple of days later I witnessed my team’s only appearance in a major final while I’ve supported them.

I also worked in the mining industry & witnessed its decimation.

For so many years I’ve told anyone who’d listen that I would be partying when she finally popped her clogs (which I did), however, the whole episode has left me surprisingly empty.

Ultimately, she was some senile old woman who had her final stroke, but her philosophy of “greed is good” is now etched into society.

So I was relived at her passing, I just wish it had been thirty years earlier.

I want to forget [iher[/i.
[iNever[/i though the callousness of how her carefree actions impacted upon individuals or even whole communities.

Yes, I find celebrating anyone's death ultimately unfulfilling.

Which is why I don't do it.

So long Maggie. Sleep tight.

Amen.

She's not asleep...

Not unless there's a wooden stake through her heart,that's if the bitch ever had one.

Classy.

She was the best thing to ever happen to this country in my lifetime so far.. She made the decisons that had to be made to modernise this country from the embarrassment it had become thanks to the unions and previous governments. If she hadn't won we would have idiots like Foot and Kinnock in No 10 and we really would have been fooked.

I predict this will be the longest thread ever in the history of RL fans. Surpassing the record held by the Joynt's voluntary tackle thread.

Just like the title and first post of this thread.

Some people have embarrassed themselves with playground-like behavior.

Insults and cheap jibes may give the poster / speaker short-term gratification, but ultimately when the dust has settled they end up looking like a complete tool.

Nope, can't happen. Because JVT was euthanased whilst still running in its prime, and would probably still be going strong today, if the barstards hadn't nobbled it.

I blame Thatcher

Mods round here are slacking.

101 pages, thought we had a 100 page limit on these things?

Its took me a while to read this thread but I thought I would just post before the thread was closed.
I feel I have to contribute as I am born and bred in Goldthorpe. My father and mother were both on strike for 12 months (dad worked in lamproom and mother worked in colliery offices at Hickleton pit).

Although I wasnt in the procession through the village the other day I do understand why some people felt that they had to do it. As JerryChicken has said you cannot compare Goldthorpe to Beverly Hills! The pit closure in Goldthorpe was the start of the towns decline and then the decision to start moving families in from miles away (I dont know the politics behind this) has led to Goldthorpe now being worse than I have ever known it in my 40 years.

Personally I think that people had been waiting for Thatcher to pass away before they could have their protest and make their voice heard about what has happened to mining villages throughout the country since 84.

The story of the strike and the story of my family has led to my cousin writing a book about it. The Valley by Richard Benson comes out later this year and if anyone wants to know why the 84 strike was particularly hard for my parents all they need to do is read this.