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Mining village 'celebrates' Margaret Thatcher's funeral | Mining village 'celebrates' Margaret Thatcher's funeral |
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The funeral of Baroness Thatcher has been marked by residents of a village scarred by pit closures. | The funeral of Baroness Thatcher has been marked by residents of a village scarred by pit closures. |
Banners and bunting were hung in Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, in protest at her policies, as mourners gathered for the funeral at St Paul's Cathedral. | Banners and bunting were hung in Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, in protest at her policies, as mourners gathered for the funeral at St Paul's Cathedral. |
A horse-drawn, open coffin housing an effigy of the ex-prime minister was paraded through the village. | A horse-drawn, open coffin housing an effigy of the ex-prime minister was paraded through the village. |
The effigy was set on fire on waste ground at around 15:15 BST and fireworks let off. | |
Heather Hopwood, landlady of the Rusty Dudley, in Goldthorpe, near Barnsley, said the village had "died" as a result of the pit closures. | |
'For burning' | 'For burning' |
She said: "It was a brilliant community, it was really busy, but now everything has gone dead because no-one has got any money, there's no jobs." | |
The effigy was put up outside the Union Jack social club with signs reading: "Thatcher the milk snatcher" and "Thatcher the scab". | |
One property in the town displayed a huge sign saying: "The Lady's not for turning but tonight she'll be for burning." | |
Outside the Rusty Dudley, homemade banners were erected saying: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, Thatcher's Britain has gone bust" and "That's another fine mess you've got us into Maggie". | Outside the Rusty Dudley, homemade banners were erected saying: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, Thatcher's Britain has gone bust" and "That's another fine mess you've got us into Maggie". |
In November 1984, two teenage brothers were killed in Goldthorpe while collecting coal during the Miners' Strike when an embankment collapsed. | In November 1984, two teenage brothers were killed in Goldthorpe while collecting coal during the Miners' Strike when an embankment collapsed. |
A memorial to Paul Holmes, 15, and Darren, 14, showing a map of Yorkshire with a miner on each side was put up in 2011. | A memorial to Paul Holmes, 15, and Darren, 14, showing a map of Yorkshire with a miner on each side was put up in 2011. |
However, the parade has not attracted the support of all of Goldthorpe's residents. | However, the parade has not attracted the support of all of Goldthorpe's residents. |
Caroline Woodcock said: "I agree completely what she did was wrong - closing the steel works, the pits - but this is a person and she's got a right to a peaceful funeral." |