3 February 1985 The Miners’ strike came to an end, almost a year after it had begun. COAL NOT DOLE written by Kay Sutcliffe What will become of this pit yard? Where men once trampled faces hard Tired and weary, their shift's done Never having seen the sun HARRY STONE aka HEARTS OF COAL written by John Tams He promised he would love her Til the blackbirds stopped their singing The mission bells stopped ringing And they closed the coal pit down Mainly Norfolk: Coal Not Dole https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/coalnotdole.html Various recordings of “Coal Not Dole “on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=coal+not+dole+song Various recordings of “Harry Stone (Hearts of Coal) “on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Harry+Stone+(Hearts+of+Coal)+++