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I remember the strike it was a hard bitter fight, we as a small village helped our comrades the miners by giving tins of food and loaves of bread. After they closed the Pitt the village died, now the village is a drug heaven, one family lost their only three children to Heroin, God Bless them.

Unfortunately it has slipped

I always thank the lord that I never had to go down the pit, I was brought up in a mining area in Scotland. No matter what part of the country you lived in your heart went out to miners steel workers car industry workers, and now we have no industrial infrastructure left in our country. It’s going to take generations to try and claw back some semblance of reality and again it’s going to be the working class people who will do it. Thank you for this gritty no holds barred video of these remarkable workers from all parts of Britain who are in the same boat.

I don't think any thing could stop all these mines from being shut down.i think it was the first faze of modernisation of the new world we see today.sad but true. is

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Last shift :(

Ding dong the Thatcher witch is dead, the wicked witch is dead!

Great poem at the start

Such. Great film thankyou to all.the miners thatcher ruined it

Went there in miners strike. Got a great welcome being a striking miner from scabby notts. Brilliant people.

Was a miner at Cwm Colliery for 25 years but in the year of the strike I was out on strike from the start until the end. Out of more than a 1000 men in my pit in Beddau only 5 scabs broke the strike and went back early and when we finally went back they were finished. Had the full backing of my family and village when I was on strike. Proud of them all.

My dad was a miner in point of ayr north wales he worked down pit over 35 yrs proud men❤

Great vdeo series; thank you for posting. As a railwayman, (and in retirement), I always felt an affinity with Miners.[They dug it, and we shifted it haha]. During the 84-85 strike, we had some visit our NUR branch meeting. A special breed, and their families. I think it was Manny Shinwell who called them the best people in the world. I know about the case for cleaner air; but it was a great shame when the deep pits closed. Not just for the industry, but the whole mining communities and culture. .And now the valleys are quiet.

Meardy Once a Miner always a Miner I admire the Miners spirit and dedication and willingness to Never say Never

The guy speaking in a army jacket with a dai cap looks a right handful if he started

I lived in Parry Street Tylorstown, the village which adjoins Pontygwaith. Obviously Tylorstown is where my heart is and most of my wonderful childhood memories. However, I love Pontygwaith almost as much as I regularly visited the cinema in Pontygwaith, The Cosy or The Bug as it was sometimes nicknamed. Pontygwaith, like most villages in the Rhondda, has changed quite considerably over the years, but for me personally, it will always be a special place, that's for certain.

Gutted Terry Hall died💔 was 14 at this gig, first gig I went too

The valleys miners thought Arthur scargill was on their side, but he was only for himself. The cook report showed how he had 3 payments of the Arab countries where there were 50,000, first payment, and second payment again of 50,000 and the 3rd and final one was 25,000" these payments were meant to go into the miners relief fund and yet good old Arthur bought a new house and eat very well while having the cheek to march with starving people who should have got the 125,000 which should have gone into the relief fund would have went a real long way but no" Mr Scargell set fit yo pocket it. Well done to Roger Cook who brought it all to light

My grandfather was bullied by miners, so it's wasn't as close as they made out in this video. If you weren't in the small clicks of people, they used to bully them. In fact, some of them are in this video

One strike,that should have never happened,al all.

They all seem a good laugh,hard workers to.

Most of these ladies,must be in their 70s' late 70s'early 80s,'

This series on Maerdy is just too depressing. I’m old enough to remember these days and it’s painful watching the death of a community.

Miners and their families which mine have been in the past have always been shafted to buggery people complain about the price of coal ffs look at miners and the hardships still proud and fighting even in very poor times but sadly the ncb and others didnt look out for them just look at Abervan and other pits total disgrace on thatcher and the ncb i only hope she is in hell with the miners putting on more coal in the furnaces xx

True welsh spirit AS ALWAYS IM HALF WELSH AND PROUD

There's a time and a place for everything but them pit baths sure weren't the place to come as a gay.

Came across this by accident. Lived in Madeline street, until I joined up at 16. Brought back memories

escelent solo

I really hope one day we have something to hold onto again.

Wow we are back there again like the food banks to keep people fed because the idiots listen to the con and lies from the tory goverment to leave the EU is the better thing also people losen there jobs it like the minner strike in the 84 i hope you feel good in your heart we stuff up again without money coming in.

I wonder how much coal is still under the Welsh valley’s

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Amazing place and better people

i worked here in the 70s great times in them days sadly gone forever

Had some great times there drinking with Johny job and Terry Keneally

I lived in Wattstown as a child until moving to Cardiff in 1975. Lots of memories of walking and playing on the hills above the village with Pontygwaith and Ynyshir not far away. Could be out most of the day and no one worried where we were in those days, unless late home for tea!!

My old Man was in mardy pit and in this video

It's the place to go now if ure a smack head it's rife @little Moscow

290 were closed under Harold Wilson’s premierships alone (1965-1969 1974-1975) Approx 10 years The more important detail is the number of deep pits closed, disregarding small mines, sometimes privately owned Labour in total closed 371 deep pits. Clement Atlee closed 101 in the early days after nationalisation Harold Wilson closed 235 between 1964 and 1970 and 18 in the years after the miners strike during Heath’s term in office James Callaghan continued the policy of supporting the NUM by closing just 4 mines in 1977- 1979 Blair closed 10 in 10 years and Brown 1. Thatcher closed 115 deep pits. MacMillan closed the most: 246 during the times that “we never had it so good” 1957- 1963 Previously Churchill had closed 78 and Eden 35. There was little protest at mine closures during this time or throughout Wilson’s time in office. Heath closed 24 pits but disputes over pay and 2 miner’s strikes resulted in him losing power when he called a general election hoping to gain popular support in refusing to agree to the miner’s claims. This gave the NUM the impression that they held a great deal of political influence. Although the number on mines closed by Thatcher was just marginally more than Atlee it was a much greater percentage of mines remaining. Cheap imports oil and nuclear power had made British coal less profitable and the militant miner’s union had put politics before production

290 were closed under Harold Wilson’s premierships alone (1965-1969 1974-1975) Approx 10 years The more important detail is the number of deep pits closed, disregarding small mines, sometimes privately owned Labour in total closed 371 deep pits. Clement Atlee closed 101 in the early days after nationalisation Harold Wilson closed 235 between 1964 and 1970 and 18 in the years after the miners strike during Heath’s term in office James Callaghan continued the policy of supporting the NUM by closing just 4 mines in 1977- 1979 Blair closed 10 in 10 years and Brown 1. Thatcher closed 115 deep pits. MacMillan closed the most: 246 during the times that “we never had it so good” 1957- 1963 Previously Churchill had closed 78 and Eden 35. There was little protest at mine closures during this time or throughout Wilson’s time in office. Heath closed 24 pits but disputes over pay and 2 miner’s strikes resulted in him losing power when he called a general election hoping to gain popular support in refusing to agree to the miner’s claims. This gave the NUM the impression that they held a great deal of political influence. Although the number on mines closed by Thatcher was just marginally more than Atlee it was a much greater percentage of mines remaining. Cheap imports oil and nuclear power had made British coal less profitable and the militant miner’s union had put politics before production

The loyalty of the Notts miners paid of for them. No pits, no jobs, no friends.

A band of brothers, the likes of which we will never see again. I sincerely hope that Thatcher & McGregor are in a special place in hell.

Sad to see the miners arguing with each other. Exactly what the establishment wanted.

The welsh are proud they are honest But they are dignified

After watching again, i wish someone would do the same for ynyshir or porth. Absolutely great how it was done.

I lived in ynyshir, just down the road, remember fern vale building and cinema. Used to drink in the bridgend before going on to the cosmo on a friday night in about 1983 -84. Great video. Thanks for the memories.

I miss the Rhondda especially the coal mining eira dont get me wrong the present day was a positive time but the coal mining eira brought that nostalgia to it the sense of community was great back then the present day will not be what it once was

It's a shame the Mardy Pit closed a great bunch of hard working Men who's lively hoods taken away Once a Miner Always a Miner

What were the miners snorting in just wondering

the music gets you