Miners Strike 1921 .... 👷👷👷👷

Striking Wigan Miners gather in Market Place in 1921 to have a moan about the lack of support from other Trade Unions.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(1921)

Just before anyone says pie eaters that isn't true. Wigan miners didn't return to work until their union said so. I'm almost certain it was the Notts miners who broke first to form their own union but I will have to look that up.

I thought that the Pie Eating thing came from the 1926 strike.

It was I have read the date wrong.

Eat Pies everyone.

TTS how do we know that the people on the photo are miners? I can see at least five or six women and my dad used to tell me that lots of people used to gather in the market place.

TTS a very interesting article thank you for posting it . I found it very informative

wizzerwin said:

"TTS how do we know that the people on the photo are miners? I can see at least five or six women and my dad used to tell me that lots of people used to gather in the market place"

Because I said so and I know everything, I don't come out with crap ..............

It's a well documented photo Wizzerwin.

Terry thanks for that but where does the photo come from?
TTS everyone knows your a know it all ha ha

...They're waiting for the alehouse to open...

Nowt changes.

Wizzerwin it's from Picture Post the photo was by someone called Morey of the Topical Press Agency.

Is that Tram off it's track?

Thanks Terry

You’d know jarvo ha ha

I think the term humble pie was given to striking miners returning to work. Im sure this was uncalled for against a proud workforce like the Miners !

That was done in the General Strike of 1926.

In the 1926 general strike, it was Nottingham miners who turned their backs on the union and returned to work. Then they formed their own union.
There weren't enough miners in Wigan to affect the rest of the country.

If there's any truth in the 'pie eater theory', it'll probably refer to local action in the south Lancashire coalfield. The name was probably given to miners from the Wigan area pits by the men from the Manchester, Bolton and Leigh areas.

Nice one tonker

That Tram was not off its track

A great truthful program on BBC 2 last week explaining to them that still dont know about the miners strike and That Bloody Woman Maggie
Another episode is on again to night BBC 2 9pm

Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

No Tommy it isn't off the track. I've looked it up and it carries on that way to a terminus box near the toilets and down Market Street.