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  • wim121
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    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
    The owner of this facebook page deserves to have their nuts cuts off with a blunt fork....

    Gleision Colliery tragedy: Police investigate slurs about miners on 'sick' Facebook page - Wales News - News - WalesOnline
    Maybe a bit harsh!

    Havent seen the page, so I cant really comment too well, just seen this quote in the article though that describes it as one comment:
    “In a boost to the failing jobs market in South Wales, 4 new vacancies have been created in the Swansea area from Monday!”


    Just sounds like a joke in very poor taste, rather like the jokes after the london bombings:
    What's the difference between cockneys and smarties? Smarties dont explode in the tube.


    Both are in very poor taste perhaps, but one thing brits are known for internationally is our dry and sometimes extremely dark sense of humour. Rather than falling to the ground and wailing, crying for jesus, like americans when they run out of crisps, Brits tend to make light of a situation and instead call each other
    a fat b******
    for crying over spilt crisps.






    Not saying I agree with the comments, just that some perspective is needed on them.









    On the subject, Im shocked that we still have mines that are so primative in operation in this country. Especially after recent mining disasters and H+S, one would assume this wouldnt happen in this country.

    Those poor families! At least they died in an hounerable way. I would prefer an untimely death to be one where the deceased did something courageous, like saving a life, or noteworthy, like feeding their family, rather than a senseless death such as being stabbed to death in the street.

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  • psychocandy
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    The owner of this facebook page deserves to have their nuts cuts off with a blunt fork....

    Gleision Colliery tragedy: Police investigate slurs about miners on 'sick' Facebook page - Wales News - News - WalesOnline

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  • Old Greg
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    As Alfred J Pruffcock is not here today:

    Springhill Mining Disaster, by Peggy Seeger

    In the town of Springhill Nova Scotia
    Down in the dark of the Cumberland mine
    There's blood on the coal, and the miners lie
    In roads that never saw sun nor sky
    Roads that never saw the sun nor sky

    In the town of Springhill
    You don't sleep easy
    Often the earth will tremble and roll
    When the earth is restless
    Miners die

    Bone and blood is the price of coal
    Bone and blood is the price of coal

    In the town of Springhill Nova Scotia
    Late in the Year ...
    Well the day still comes and the sun still shines
    But it's dark at the graves of the Cumberland miners
    It's dark at the graves of the Comberland miners

    Listen to the shouts of the black faced miner
    Listen to the call of the rescue team
    We have no water, light or bread
    So we're living on songs and hope instead
    We're living on songs and hope instead

    In the town of Springhill Nova Scotia
    Down in the dark of the Cumberland mine
    There's blood on the coal, and the miners lie
    In roads that never saw sun or sky
    Roads that never saw sun nor sky

    In the town of Springhill Nova Scotia
    Often the earth will tremble and roll
    When the earth is restless
    Miners die

    Bone and blood is the price of coal
    Bone and blood is the price of coal
    Bone and blood is the price of coal

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
    Horrible, poor men and their families.
    Now, now. This is not the time for your snobbery and your preference for wealthy men like me.

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  • MaryPoppins
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    Surprised you lot aren't talking about this more. Horrible, poor men and their families.

    I guess there's not much else to say on the matter.

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  • psychocandy
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    Yeh. As someone whos both grandfathers worked underground (and, incidentally, died ultimately because of it), it does make you grateful that your sitting in an office probably earning (even relatively speaking) ten times what they ever did working in dangerous conditions....

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  • Cliphead
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    Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
    As someone said, no one goes down a mine for fun.

    I hope they get the poor sods out quickly.
    One found dead already

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  • zeitghost
    started a topic The Price of Coal.

    The Price of Coal.

    As someone said, no one goes down a mine for fun.

    I hope they get the poor sods out quickly.

    3 dead so far.

    BBC News - Welsh mine rescue: Third Gleision miner found dead
    Last edited by zeitghost; 5 May 2017, 09:18.

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