Defending the community
Socialist Organiser1984 1984-04-04Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 14 →
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A MEMBER of the women's action group at Edlington, in Yorkshire, spoke to Socialist Organiser supporters in Nottingham last Friday, 30th.
She asked not to be named for fear of police victimisation.
«We've been at the picket lines at Thoresby and Harwood twice.
About 30 of the kids at Edlington comprehensive school decided to come out in support of their dads at the pit, so we went to the schooi gate with placards, and over 100 of them came out.
It was all 15 and 16 year olds Who came out, because they know what's in store for them when they ieve school.
We all marched through the village to the pit - Yorkshire Main colliery.
One woman just received her first social security payment, after five weeks. It was £6.
I know things are going to be hard. But I come from a Scottish mining area. I've seen pit closures destroy a whole community. I'm not going to let it happen here.
We don't think there should be a national ballot. The union should be united. Notts and Leicester should cine out with the majority."