Bring on the 3rd April

[menpond]

Hang on. Posters say theirs parents wanted them out of the mines, and proud to progress to better things. So why is it wrong to close the mines? ie they are alright for the weak, but not for us. Sounds schizophrenic.

[morley pie eater]

Hang on. Posters say theirs parents wanted them out of the mines, and proud to progress to better things. So why is it wrong to close the mines? ie they are alright for the weak, but not for us. Sounds schizophrenic.

Menpond, is this really you questionning other people's consistency and logic??? That many parents/grandparents advised kids not to work down the pit is a historical fact, whether they were right or not, whether we took any notice of them or not. Recalling this doesn't prevent someone having a view on what Thatch did and how she went about it. What exactly did they teach you at this university you went to?

[josie andrews]

Can we get this thread back on track or I will have to move it to Off Topic!

[OAMJSONA]

Can we get this thread back on track or I will have to move it to Off Topic!

so what will the crowd be on the 3rd of April - full house or not

[Wigan_forever1985]

Can we get this thread back on track or I will have to move it to Off Topic!

sadly nearly all threads are derailed by the ramblings of menpond, im all for people having freedom to say what they like but on topic.

I still havent worked out whether he is a troll or not but you can ask a question about wigan and menpond is more than likely going to tell you about a player from the 1960's who owned a sheep that played poker with a spaceman

[cpwigan]

Full house with the spite / venom akin to when we signed Adrian Shelford from under Saints noses.

One worry re the RFL is they lack a John Holdsworth referee.

[the winky one]

I have no idea which is valid but I was brought up with the humble pie strike version.

... and it may be right, cp. I'm def not looking for an argument, or trying to prove anybody "wrong" here. I just have a strong suspicion that a story started by our "enemies" has become commonly accepted when it isn't/may not be true.

In my childhood (1950s) my grandad, a pitmon from Hindley, called it "Meyt and Prater Pie" whilst my step-grandmother, with Leigh roots, always gave us "Lobbies". If he'd eaten when we went to their house, he's say "Sit thee deawn, ah'll do beawt wi thee!", a bit like the bloke with an empty glass being asked "Ar't suppin beawt?"

I've often wondered how that brilliant twang came about..priceless

[OAMJSONA]

well lads and lassies , tha sees tits like this

ont 3rd april next yeer them stains wilt be getin ther cum up ants