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Recorded for my German fan club haha my cover of ‘Coal Not Dole’

The song ‘Coal not dole’ was written by Kay Sutcliffe, the wife of a miner who had lost his job in the mining industry in the 1980s. It was based upon a slogan ‘Coal not Dole’ which was written on banners and represented the miners’ union in their strike against the Conservative government under Margaret Thatcher. The miners were striking to try and keep their jobs rather than have to ‘go on the dole’ Which is a colloquialism for claiming unemployment benefit from the government.

The miners lost their strike and the mining industry has all but disappeared in the UK, leaving the proud communities that once worked in them searching for work and purpose in post industrial towns.