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    Terry Hall RIP

    in The Jim Smith Room

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    RIP Terry Hall. 

    Met him at a chippy in Blackpool, of all places just after The Specials broke out in 1979. 

    Lovely bloke, he was more interested in what me and my student entourage were up to than playing the pop star. 

    So sad ? 

    Nuclear Fusion

    in The Jim Smith Room

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    5 minutes ago, i-Ram said:

    I for one am greatly disappointed you seem to know so little about a simple nuclear reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei are combined to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles. I thought everyone knew that the difference in mass between the reactants and products is manifested as either the release or absorption of energy. Jeez.

    Nuclear fusion - Wikipedia? ?

    Miners Strike - what happened in Derbyshire?

    in The Jim Smith Room

    Posted · Edited by I DONT MIND

    11 hours ago, Rev said:

    Apologies, looking again I meant Newstead village.

    Now new housing has been built and looks a lot better.

    To be fair Annesley probably suffered a lot less than places like Bilsthorpe, Rainworth (Rufford) and Forest Town (Crown Farm) etc due to it's proximity to Nottingham, and good transport links.

    Miners Strike - what happened in Derbyshire?

    in The Jim Smith Room

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    The ones in Derbyshire that were still operating at the time of the miners strike were 

    Bolsover, Shirebrook, Arkwright, Markham and Cadley Hill. These all closed between 1988 and 1993.

    I am not aware of any others but my memory may be defeating me.

    The two times when i witnessed the trouble was whilst at the college (now the University) we witnessed the rounding up and turning round of some flying pickets on the A38. Good view of this from the 8th Floor !!!!

    Also more local to me fighting between the local (working) miners at Pye Hill and some Yorkshire flying pickets one Sunday lunch time early in the strike.

    Boycie talking about Kilburn Crossings also reminded there was a constant picket on the coal gates on the main road so any coal delivered by rail into the yard couldn't get distributed by road.

     

    Best person for personal recollections would be Owd Miner, where is he when you need him!!!

    Miners Strike - what happened in Derbyshire?

    in The Jim Smith Room

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    4 minutes ago, DerbyRevolution said:

    What happened in Derbyshire during the miners strike?

    I know there is the animosity between Sheffield and Nottingham, but not so with Sheffield and Derby? So from that can it be concluded that Derbyshire miners did strike along with the Yorkshire miners? If so I would have expected that its something that Derby would hold against Nottingham as well, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

    What happened in the borders with the likes of Long Eaton, Heanor and Ilkeston?

    Can anyone provide more information on this? I'm guessing a few on here were in the thick of it.

    Nearly all of the Derbyshire pits in the areas that you mentioned were closed by 1984.And the miners who lived in the area were employed in Notts pits. Moor Green  Babington Silver hill Teversal etc. So we're more aligned with the UDM Notts miners. 

    Further North in the county Clay Cross, Bolsover Markham etc were more aligned with Yorkshire lot( NUM). 

    Whilst not being mine worker myself I come from mining stock so I know a little about it. 

    I saw plenty of trouble between working miners, those on strike and the police who were trying to stop violence and flying pickets moving around the pits. 

     

    Richard Stearman

    in Derby County Forum

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    3 hours ago, GangwayD said:

    Spot on. 

    Lills got injured early on and Gee come in from the reserves forming a brilliant partnership with Bobby Davison scoring dozens between them.

    Lills didnt complain got his head down and when called upon gave his all, expressing pride in playing for us.  
     

    He always wore his Derby/Rangers hat when warming up and for some reason became a fans favourite.

    Powerful in the air and Ooooh Mark Lillis preceded Ooooh Mark Wright.  

    Not sure on his stats for us but most fans loved him. The late great Micky Lewis kind of fell into this bracket too. 

    Cheers

    Gangway D from the terrace 

    We had some class backup in those three seasons. Arthur had an unerring talent for spotting class players at bargain prices.

    Still not sure what happened once he had got Lionel's brass!! Although some were still relatively successful.

     

     

     

     

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