Comments by "Derek Mills" (@derekmills1080) on "Government Against the National Interest by David Starkey" video.
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There is so much to say, but I shall only mention one item related to David’s reflection on a sense of involvement and voluntary work, together with a sense of pride, despite hardships.
During the 1930s years of depression, most cotton mills in Bolton closed. There were some 240 mills (Bolton was one of the biggest producers in the world when in full production) so jobs were in short supply.
My great uncle Joe, a spinner, found ONE day’s work, a 12 hour shift, at India Mill, Darwen. Somehow, they managed to stay open during the depression era.
Uncle Joe had no money (no job - no money!!), so couldn’t afford to use buses, trams or trains. He got up at 3 in the morning, made sandwiches and a flask of tea and walked from Great Lever, in the south of Bolton, to Darwen via Blackburn Road (the A666).
Of course, after his 12 hour shift he walked back. When he used to talk about this, there was absolutely no sense of shame or being poor, everybody was in the same boat.
Maybe that’s what David is hinting at - these days we don’t want to be in the ‘same boat’, we aren’t interested in fellow man.
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