(15 Mar 2014, 7:28 pm)aureolin wrote I wasn't born till 86, so wasn't around it all. Few members of my family were involved though and all toughed it out for the duration. Those that crossed are still seen as scabs today though when you talk about it.

One thing it did teach me though is that I'd rather walk in front of a bus than cross a picket line.

One word I truly hate, because of what it stands for and it's meaning, but I agree about crossing picket lines, I was brought up to believe that doing such things would let myself, family and friends down, if your branded the S word then you have raped and murdered your family history, quite extreme but that is how people feel about it.

One thing I couldn't understand is Arthur Scargill, some people thought of him as something close to god, I met him in Newcastle years ago and thought he was a bell end