Yes, last post a fair summary of what it's abnout....

Johnny Handle's song of fifty years back, when the collieries were still very much operating, summed it up in the last verse of his song about the Big Meeting or Gala......

'So if ye come with me next year, just get your pockets lined
Fetch the missus and the bairnies if ye have a mind
We'll hear the bands and speeches too, and spend most of wor pay
But we'll have worsels a bloody good time at Durham Big Meetin Day