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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?menpond wrote: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.
josie andrews wrote: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.josie andrews wrote:Can we get this thread back on track or I will have to move it to Off Topic!
I've often wondered how that brilliant twang came about..pricelessmorley pie eater wrote:... 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.cpwigan wrote:I have no idea which is valid but I was brought up with the humble pie strike version.
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?"