General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

TTS after just short of 20 yrs down the mine I got what was about one and three quarters of my last years wages for my redundancy money. Out of work for a couple of months then got a job on less than half I got at the pit for longer hours Money was spent wisely but did not last long cut my cloth accordingly so no GOLDEN Handshake for me. Maybe miners who were reaching retirement age gained but these were few and far between