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Old 14-03-2009, 00:34   #58
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Re: The Miner's Strike - 25 years ago yesterday..

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
You know, if I were a betting man, I'd be prepared to put the farm on Arthur not having had monuments to anyone in particular in mind when he talked about destroying the landscape. I'm pretty sure he meant aesthetics, pure and simple. To which I reply, coal slag is far uglier.
I couldn't possible comment on you comparing Arthur's beauty with that of a coal slag You clearly have more intimate knowledge than I.

Arthur the coal under our feet wasn't home produced. We were still joined to Europe when all them dinosaurs popped it and most of them were French so really it's their coal if fair's fair.
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