@anon_opin
#Thatcher
The answer is in 'former'. It is now history to them. They cannot understand and do not know that the mine dominated and controlled every aspect of the life of the people in the town. It was in every family's history. The miners were hard, brave men and boys, everyday they went down into a living hell, but just got on with life to support their families. Never knew if they would see the surface again.
It is good mines are going now, but Thatcher was a vile ruthless heartless bitch and only greedy for the wealth of coal with no care for the welfare or safety of miners.