The post you are reporting:
KeithB.
Gary Cox, 61, sees this as a new opportunity but admits it has been a challenge to ignite the enthusiasm of his former comrades - some of whom remain so disillusioned that they see this as striking a pact with the old enemy.
"You have to understand that, after we lost our collieries, we were hurt. We didn't just lose our jobs. We lost our communities and our bus routes. Our welfare clubs started struggling. The medical centres shut down." Because there was no pool of labour in rural Kent to staff its mines during the Twenties, its mine-owners hired men from all over the country. But their arrival horrified the locals. In Deal, where many of the miners lived, communities were shocked to find gangs of pitmen in hobnailed boots marching to and from work in the early hours.
Above are MY comments, although not word for word and what is left out, does change the meaning of some of my quotes.
The rest were not my comments but Jim Crews, he was referring to the way our migrant miners were treated and segregated when they first arrived in Kent, which is a true statement.
I do not mind you attacking me or question me but do not miss- quote me and you do not need to remind me of what our miners did, I've belonged to a mining family all of my life and I could not be any prouder than I am, of that fact.
Left to people like you,we would never make any progress.