Today, l visited not The Museum of Cardiff, but the National Museum of Cardiff. They are not the same, as that "National" is a crucial difference! And that screwed me with Google lost for a bit! Anyway, Three was a £3 plus voluntary donation exhibition about the 83/84 miners' strike. I just about remember it, but it was a good reminder of it all. And being in South Wales, you got how it really was. There's much more to see in the museum, but I cannot stand for long, nor concentrate long, but I now think that I will go back tomorrow for the rest, as I've done the miners' strike, but the rest is free! I will come back to Cardif again, as there more to see and it is easy for me to get to
Get yourself over to Barry Island, go on the rides and get a chip butty on the way back. Brilliant day out.
I remember my Dad getting roughed up by the coppers just for taking food to relatives in South Wales during the strike. He only had one lung and had never been in trouble in his life but helping kids to have a meal was a crime to those in power. Never forgot that.
I remember David Wilkie, a taxi driver being killed by striking miners dropping a 4 foot long concrete post and a paving slab onto his car off a motorway bridge because he was driving working miners to work. There was a lot of things done by both sides during that dispute - don't forget that either..
There were, but there far more lies from one side - only look at how the BBC filmed and reported Orgreave. They still have not apologised. That said, I fail to see how someone completed unrelated doing something bad in any way balances the police beating my Dad up. He was an innocent person whose only connection to the dispute was to be trying to provide for his extended family. The Police are supposed to uphold the law. None were ever disciplined for what they did to my Dad, as an eleven year old I was not counted as a witness. The doctor who documented the injuries was turned away from the police station when he tried to give a a statement. If you see that as acceptable due to what someone else did, or even try to explain it as ‘bad on both sides’ then we will never agree. How anyone can support, or try to make excuses for corrupt Police is beyond me personally.
Who said anyone was making excuses. I simply pointed out that no one was blameless. The whole fiasco was an ego battle between the then Prime Minister and the President of the NUM. Your dad was one of many victims on both sides of the argument. You cannot remember one but ignore the others. It’s an awful part in the history of politics in the UK and will not be forgotten but we have to move forward and learn from it, which hopefully we have, otherwise we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes again ad infinitum. My grandfather was a miner as were a lot of my mates.
That's covered in the museum exhibition and not glossed over. It's a good experience and worth visiting if you happen to be in the area. Not doing Museums on Thursday but off to Penarth for no good reason. There is a Pier to see and I may take some pics on my phone
I took the train here. It was easy and I don’t have to worry about carrying stuff and take my hiking poles. I am close to Cardiff Central Station and the train service in Wales with TfW is very good. Now on my second coffee at breakfast and then I will set off for Penarth.
Went to Penarth today. And I visited an estate agent! That must be at least the first time in forty years! I was just being nosey about house prices there. It's a bit cheaper than around me, but when you think that it's commutable To the country's capital city, it's as cheap as chips compared to somewhere like Reading or Slough. Anyway, although I could afford to buy a flat in Penarth and keep my gaf in Gloucestershire, I wouldn't want to tie myself down. I think that I prefer to just travel about, rather than tie money up in property ownership. I've got some pics on my phone that I will post after I get home tomorrow. https://maps.app.goo.gl/37JASNdgqYGPiKhU7?g_st=ac
What is it about me and Brizzle Parkway? Again, when I get in from Cardiff, it is chaos, as loads of Hoorays all try to bundle on a train to Cheltenham, despite my train leaving about 10 minutes later, also going to Cheltenham. They are told this, but the Toffs won't listen to an Oik from Network Rail. Also there is much more ticket checking going on, as Toffs are not used to actually paying for travel. All the women have impossibly high stilettos in. I never realised that Cheltenham Race Course has parquet floors, I always thought that it was grass. There were some who did lower themselves to get the next train. The first stop is Yate. A place they have never heard of. "I guess Oiks must live here", they say. As they are already half-pissed, there is a long queue for the toilet on the train. Bristol Parkway has toilets, but not Toof toilets, only ones for Oiks! I was glad that my stop was next. I am now Toffed Out for a while. There betting tips were priceless. One Toff always bets on the last two horses on the list of runners. Another, always on the favorite - whatever the odds. By now, one of the ladies was so pissed that she just wanted to bet on a jockey wearing green. And then the toffs started arguing about the county that Cheltenham is in. Surrey was the overwhelming favourite!
Some of the England U20s were staying in the same hotel as me in Cardiff. They were very well-behaved and friendly. but when they got back to their rooms on my floor after an evening, jeez were they loud! Just youthful high spirits, I guess! they were very quiet in the morning, however! The hotel must have had lots of people staying for a few days, prompted ny the rugby. Good for the local hotel trade, I guess!
I am in the pub. Ruddles is the beer of choice, this week. It's a bit weak at under 4%, but tastes good! Planning next trip for a few weeks time. It will be Taunton. The story will take me too long to recount on my phone, so keep on wondering! It involves Bristol Parkway again, so I will have to check dates to make sure that there's no toff gathering, as well as making sure that it is too early for the pretend upper- class hippies to fake it at Glastonbury!
On a laptop running the Google Chrome OS, as I made the mistake of installing AVG anti-virus. I would rather the virus! It has gone into a massive strop as I didn't sign up to any plan, in order to rob me. And this is supposed to protect me?
Back on my desktop PC. AVG Shitware is finally, finally banished, but it put up a hell of fight! And this has reminded me that I wanted to book a cinema ticket for next week and CAN!
AVG binned. Newcastle ahead at Wembley at half-time. Cinema tickets bought. Taunton hotel idea binned. Is it because of Somerset cricket? Shit, over-priced hotels seems to be the trend. Probably do Topsham/Exeter instead. I will not go into how angry I am about about not receiving my compensation a year after it was agreed. Even if the Judge ever wakes up and sees the light, it doesn't look like I will get the money under my control. All I want, out of the hundreds of thousands, is to buy a Pani V-Twin. Clearly, I ask too much!
