As for coal, the power stations switched to natural gas as it was cleaner and cheaper. The population no-longer used coal fires but switched to central heating (courtesy of gas). Any coal mined would just sit there like a black mountain while Nth Sea oil and gas took its place.
On the first page of miners strike.what happened to my post jokingly saying kevs tattoo went almost to his pits?.
No, he got The Lump...of coalI remember him giving me advice last year, but he's not a poster anymore...............did he get the hump?
did he get the hump?