tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post9163367783646718742..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: "How much more cliched and stereotypical can the BBC get?"Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-90844394671981281992019-02-02T15:47:01.340+00:002019-02-02T15:47:01.340+00:00I remember walking through Mansfield and the neigh...I remember walking through Mansfield and the neighbouring area 50 years ago nearly...being from the soft south I'd never seen anything quite like it - mile after mile with everything, trees, windows and traffic signs included, covered in black soot. It was horrible! The miners were badly treated by the nation I think as the industry was wound down, but it didn't help that the vainglorious Scargill kept taking "troops" over the top to be mown down by machine gun fire, so to speak. But coal mining is a horrible way to get the energy we need. Natural gas with renewables plus storage is obviously the way to go. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-47260642241295874862019-02-02T15:32:04.780+00:002019-02-02T15:32:04.780+00:00It's fascinating to consider what drives the B...It's fascinating to consider what drives the BBC's nostalgia over the mining industry. Everyone from mining towns and villages say good riddance to 't'pit' and thanks Mrs T for our generous payouts. <br /><br />The BBC however, see the Scargill era as a time when there were clearly drawn battle lines - where Labour voters were socialists. Now, the BBC think by playing the nostalgia card, old memories of a golden age of socialism will be reawakened. How mistaken they are. <br /><br />The traditional Miner/Labour vote will in the main have been Leave, and their views upon immigration etc are unlikely to chime with those of the BBC. In my experience, many Miners took their sons underground once and only once - just to make sure that they aspired to a life away from mining.Arthur Trofhttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-40639786850531786232019-02-02T14:12:32.050+00:002019-02-02T14:12:32.050+00:00Proves to me that it’s agenda led, quick lads we n...Proves to me that it’s agenda led, quick lads we need to find out why the racists in Mansfield voted over 70% leave? I know lets take some shots of long disused mines and mills and say it’s a deprived area!! We’ll ignore the new business and industrial estates that half the people work in.<br /><br />The other half work in other towns and local cities and our most pressing concern is that it’s the lack of decent transport links not jobs that is holding the region back. At least they didn’t find out you can by a five bed detached house for the price of a southern bedsit! they’ll all be moving in....Clockworkorangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538039281226245073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-49857277436243641342019-02-02T14:02:50.050+00:002019-02-02T14:02:50.050+00:00Yeah that’s Pleasly it’s the only one with a brick...Yeah that’s Pleasly it’s the only one with a brick chimney. I wasn’t sure if you’d used photos from the report, or found them from the web.<br /><br /><br />Pleasley is right on the border it has a Nottingham postcode but is officially part of Derbyshire. It’s always been a bit controversial exactly which county it’s in! A local parish church was once taken down and moved over the border so it was back in “Robin Hood Country”.Clockworkorangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538039281226245073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-33645169046004903092019-02-02T11:35:57.620+00:002019-02-02T11:35:57.620+00:00Well, comparing the BBC images with Google images ...Well, comparing the BBC images with Google images I'd say your 'nearest the M1 and back south' theory is right for why the colliery was chosen as I'm sure it is Pleasley. Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-25526901363884182012019-02-02T11:31:17.427+00:002019-02-02T11:31:17.427+00:00Intriguing. I've added the other views of the ...Intriguing. I've added the other views of the disused colliery used in the report. Wonder which one it is?Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-85752815573851466632019-02-02T11:14:06.997+00:002019-02-02T11:14:06.997+00:00I’m from Mansfield myself and I’m trying to figure...I’m from Mansfield myself and I’m trying to figure out which remaining disused pit stock they used? The one in Clipstone is nearest but isn’t technically in Mansfield? Thorsby? Again Isn’t in Mansfield. Pleasly? Some would argue it’s not even in the same county! It is the one nearest the M1 and back south though so probably.Clockworkorangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538039281226245073noreply@blogger.com